| [/wud; wʊd/] n 用法:
1 (a) [U] hard fibrous substance in the trunk and branches of a tree, enclosed by the bark 木; 木材; 木头:
There are many kinds of wood growing in this forest. 这片森林出产各种木材.
(b) this substance, cut and used as building material, fuel, etc 木料; 木柴:
Tables are usually made of wood. 桌子多为木制的. *Put some more wood on the fire. 再往火里添点儿柴. *
[attrib 作定语] a wood floor, ie made of wood 木制地板.
(C) [C] particular type of this 某种木材:
Pine is a soft wood and teak is a hard wood. 松木是软木, 柚木是硬木. *
Oak is a good type of wood for making furniture. 橡木是制作家具的好材料. 用法:
2 [C often pl 常作复数] area of land (not as large as a forest) covered with growing trees 树林（不如forest大）:
a house in the middle of a wood 树林中间的一所房子 *
go for a walk in the wood(s)到林中去散步. 用法:
3 [C] (sport 体) = bowl 2. 用法:
4 [C] golf-club with a wooden head 顶部为木制的高尔夫球棒. Cf 参看 iron1 4. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) dead wood => dead. from the `wood from the cask or wooden barrel 从木桶里:
beer from the wood 从木桶里取出的啤酒. neck of the woods => neck. not see the ,wood for the `trees not see or understand the main point, subject, etc because one is paying too much attention to details 见树不见林:
If you add too many notes to the text, the reader won't be able to see the wood for the trees. 要是给正文加注过多, 读者就觉得喧宾夺主了. ,out of the `wood(s) (infml) (usu with a negative 通常与否定词连用) free from trouble or difficulties 没有麻烦或困难:
She's regained consciousness, but she's not out of the woods (ie sure to recover) yet. 她已恢复了知觉, 但尚未脱险. touch wood => touch1. |