释义 |
woodworkwood‧work /ˈwʊdwɜːk $ -wɜːrk/ noun [uncountable] - The interior woodwork had been stripped bare.
- He'd given up woodwork, having driven a splinter through his thumbnail.
- Inside were the known rooms, the woodwork that loved fingers had worn and polished.
- Maybe the next Hootie, or preferably the next Alanis, will pop out of the woodwork as well.
- Six years ago she had begun stripping the blackened and crazed varnish off the interior woodwork.
- Sooner or later he would emerge from the woodwork and proceed to make a bearable situation unbearable.
- The guy does know how to blend into the woodwork.
- We did a lot of woodwork at the school because they didn't think we could deal with books.
► Craftsbasketry, nounbatik, nouncabinet-maker, nouncarpenter, nouncarpentry, nouncooper, nouncraft, nouncraft, verbcraftsmanship, nouncraftswoman, nounlathe, nounloom, nounpokerwork, nounraffia, nounsaddler, nounsaddlery, nounstain, verbstain, nountie-dye, verbturner, nounvarnish, verbveneer, nounveneered, adjectiveweave, verbweave, nounweaver, nounwhittle, verbwoodcarving, nounwoodwork, noun VERB► come· Eventually Jim's old caddie came out of the woodwork again and I carried on for one or two other pros.· Creativity was coming out of the woodwork.· The players just came out of the woodwork. ► crawl· They could smell a funeral a mile off, and out they crawled, out of the woodwork.· There are wallabies crawling out of the woodwork.· Just the club cashing in with the sad sheep crawling out of the woodwork everywhere. ► crawl/come out of the woodwork- Creativity was coming out of the woodwork.
- There are wallabies crawling out of the woodwork.
► fade/blend into the woodwork- The skipper turned out to be a quiet figure intent on blending into the woodwork.
- The guy does know how to blend into the woodwork.
1 woodwork British English, woodwork‧ing American English /ˈwʊdwɜːkɪŋ $ -ɜːr-/ the skill or activity of making wooden objects → carpentry2the parts of a house or room that are made of wood3crawl/come out of the woodwork if someone crawls out of the woodwork, they suddenly and unexpectedly appear in order to take advantage of a situation, express their opinion etc – used to show disapproval4fade/blend into the woodwork to seem to disappear, or to behave in such a way that no one notices you—woodworker noun [countable] |