An old oak tree once stood here.

以前这儿长着一棵老橡树。

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On one of our last car trips, near the end of my father's life as a man, we stopped by a river, and we took a walk to its Banks, where we sat in the shade of an old oak tree.

在我父亲快要走到生命终点之时，我们驾车出游过几次。其中一次，我们停在一条河的附近，我们步行到河岸边，在一棵老橡树的树阴下坐了下来。

youdao

I know how Lars Porsena of Clusium has a fondness for collecting things of bright colors, like unto my fondness for collecting rocks, so I ran to his hiding place in the old oak tree.

和我喜欢收集石头一样，我知道克鲁西城国王波森那是多么喜爱搜集闪光的物体。 我跑到他藏东西的老橡树上，找到了妈妈的顶针。

youdao

When I first began to use it, the box was attached to an old oak tree a bit back from the road.

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