sport one's oak

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌspɔːt wʌnz ˈəʊk/    美 /ˌspoɹt wʌnz ˈoʊk/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To close one's door (originally the outer door of one's set of rooms in a college) as an indication that visitors are not welcome. dated,intransitive
    — For arguing that a man will be plucked take the Topics following: for among men likely to be plucked [i.e., rejected after failing an examination for a degree] are these for the most part. […] He that sporteth not his oak.

词形变化

sports one's oak present,singular,third-person sporting one's oak participle,present sported one's oak participle,past sported one's oak past sport the oak alternative

词源

From sport (“(archaic) to close or shut (a door)”) and oak (“outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college (especially of the University of Cambridge or University of Oxford) or similar institution, especially one made of oak wood”). Compare French trouver visage de bois (“to find no one at home”, literally “to find a wooden face (that is, the door)”).
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