| 词汇 | heart of oak |
| 词源 | heart of oak. The solid inner part of an oak tree, which was traditionally used as the timber to build sailing ships. A pop- ular British sea song called “Heart of Oak” (1757) had the lyrics “Heart of oak are our ships, / Heart of oak are our men. . . .” |
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