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noun

the hard fibrous substance consisting of xylem tissue that occurs beneath the bark in trees, shrubs, and similar plants

▶ Related adjectives: ligneous, xyloid

the trunks of trees that have been cut and prepared for use as a building material

a collection of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, etc, usually dominated by one or a few species of tree: usually smaller than a forest

an oak wood

▶ Related adjective: sylvan

fuel; firewood

5. golf

a long-shafted club with a broad wooden or metal head, used for driving: numbered from 1 to 7 according to size, angle offace, etc

(as modifier)

a wood shot

6. tennis, squash, badminton

the frame of a racket

he hit a winning shot off the wood

one of the biased wooden bowls used in the game of bowls

8. music short for woodwind, See also woods (sense 3)

casks, barrels, etc, made of wood

b. from the wood

10. have the wood on

11. out of the wood

12. see the wood for the trees

13. (modifier)

made of, used for, employing, or handling wood

a wood fire

14. (modifier)

dwelling in, concerning, or situated in a wood

a wood nymph

verb

15. (transitive)

to plant a wood upon

16.

to supply or be supplied with fuel or firewood

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释义	Trends of wood View usage for: wood (wʊd) Word forms: plural woods 1. variable noun Wood is the material which forms the trunks and branches of trees. Their dishes were made of wood. There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil. ...a short piece of wood. 2. countable noun A wood is a fairly large area of trees growing near each other. You can refer to one or several of these areas as woods, and this is the usual form in American English. After dinner Alice slipped away for a walk in the woods with Artie. About a mile to the west of town he came upon a large wood. 3. See also dead wood 4. See not out of the woods 5. See touch wood 6. your neck of the woods 7. can't see the wood for the trees More Synonyms of wood wood in British English 1 (wʊd) noun 1. the hard fibrous substance consisting of xylem tissue that occurs beneath the bark in trees, shrubs, and similar plants ▶ Related adjectives: ligneous, xyloid 2. the trunks of trees that have been cut and prepared for use as a building material 3. a collection of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, etc, usually dominated by one or a few species of tree: usually smaller than a forest an oak wood ▶ Related adjective: sylvan 4. fuel; firewood 5. golf a. a long-shafted club with a broad wooden or metal head, used for driving: numbered from 1 to 7 according to size, angle offace, etc b. (as modifier) a wood shot 6. tennis, squash, badminton the frame of a racket he hit a winning shot off the wood 7. one of the biased wooden bowls used in the game of bowls 8. music short for woodwind, See also woods (sense 3) 9. a. casks, barrels, etc, made of wood b. from the wood 10. have the wood on 11. out of the wood 12. see the wood for the trees 13. (modifier) made of, used for, employing, or handling wood a wood fire 14. (modifier) dwelling in, concerning, or situated in a wood a wood nymph verb 15. (transitive) to plant a wood upon 16. to supply or be supplied with fuel or firewood Derived forms woodless (ˈwoodless) adjective woodlessness (ˈwoodlessness) noun Word origin Old English widu, wudu; related to Old High German witu, Old Norse vithr wood in British English 2 (wʊd) adjective obsolete raging or raving like a maniac Word origin Old English wōd; related to Old High German wuot (German Wut), Old Norse ōthr, Gothic wōths, Latin vātēs seer Wood in British English (wʊd) noun 1. Mrs Henry, married name of Ellen Price. 1814–87, British novelist, noted esp for the melodramatic novel East Lynne (1861) 2. Sir Henry (Joseph). 1869–1944, English conductor, who founded the Promenade Concerts in London 3. John, known as the Elder. 1707–54, British architect and town planner, working mainly in Bath, where he designed the North and South Parades (1728) and the Circus (1754) 4. his son, John, known as the Younger. 1727–82, British architect: designed the Royal Crescent (1767–71) and the Assembly Rooms (1769–71), Bath 5. Ralph. 1715–72, British potter, working in Staffordshire, who made the first toby jug (1762) Wood in American English (wʊd) 1. Grant1892-1942; U.S. painter 2. Leonard1860-1927; U.S. general & political administrator wood in American English 1 (wʊd) noun 1. [usually pl., with sing. or pl. v.] a thick growth of trees; forest or grove 2. the hard, fibrous substance beneath the bark in the stems and branches of trees andshrubs; xylem 3. trees cut and prepared for use in making things; lumber or timber 4. firewood 5. something made of wood ; specif., a. a cask or other wooden container for alcoholic liquor whiskey aged in wood b. [pl.] woodwind instruments, collectively 6. Golf any of a set of numbered clubs, originally with wooden heads, having various lofts:the number 1 wood is usually called a driver (sense 2) driver (sense 2b); the number 2 wood, number 3 wood, and number 4 wood are used for long, medium, and short fairway shots, respectively adjective 7. made of wood; wooden 8. for cutting, shaping, or holding wood 9. growing or living in woods verb transitive 10. to plant or cover thickly with trees 11. to furnish with wood, esp. for fuel verb intransitive 12. to get or take on a supply of wood Idioms: out of the woods Word origin ME wode < OE wudu, earlier widu, akin to OHG wito < IE base widhu-, tree > OIr fid, Welsh gwŷdd, tree, forest wood in American English 2 (wud; woʊd; wʊd) adjective Archaic 1. out of one's mind; insane 2. violently angry; enraged Word origin ME < OE wod, akin to Ger wut, rage: see Woden More idioms containing wood someone cannot see the wood for the trees dead wood touch wood COBUILD Collocations wood birch wood bluebell wood polished wood Image of wood © Mariusz Szczygiel, shutterstock Examples of 'wood' in a sentence wood It misses the wood for the trees. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Expect beamed ceilings and dark wood furniture. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The wood panelling in the hallway was still there and not much had changed apart from installation of electricity. Times, Sunday Times (2016) In damp, dark woods there is a flower that glimmers in the shadows. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The interior has heaps of rustic charm, with beamed ceilings, stone fireplaces and wood floors. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Touch wood, won't have any more below the belt drama. The Sun (2016) Until the 12th century people in London had burnt wood for fuel. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The decor is frozen somewhere in the mid-1980s; wood panelling and white leather piano stools abound. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Manchester City cleared most of the dead wood from their squad yesterday, but only at a considerable cost. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I used to play in the woods, climb trees and make forts: tomboy stuff. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The most obvious answer is that plants had invented wood. Oliver Morton Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet (2007) The name means willow wood and many areas are still very wet. Perring, Franklyn A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage (1991) We need to learn about and love trees and woods or we risk losing them. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We put in wood panelling and a marble bar. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Metal weapons were obviously superior to stone and wood. Stearns, Peter N. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1995) You often get the best views when they are feeding in a field beside a wood. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Often he would make them work in the forest chopping wood. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Fuel wood can be a little damp. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They can only retreat by one narrow road confined between impassable woods. Andrew Roberts, Series edited by Lisa Jardine and Amanda Foreman WATERLOO: Napoleon's Last Gamble (2005) The best quality cabinet doors have solid wood frames that surround solid wood or plywood centre panels. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Elsewhere the woods are of planted origin. Perring, Franklyn A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage (1991) Also one of my childhood tasks was cutting up wood and collecting coal for the fire. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Others fished and hunted in the streams and woods of the area. Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995) He sees both the trees and the wood. Times, Sunday Times (2006) An exhibition of wood and metal crafts. Jepson, Tim Umbria - the green heart of Italy (1989) Marble fireplaces and wood panelling were ripped out as they imposed their own ideas of comfort and beauty. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Touch wood something positive will happen. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Lady fern grows in damp woods. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Touch wood, the body will stay fit. Times, Sunday Times (2008) We were led into a clearing in some woods - to face a table covered in dead rabbits. The Sun (2006) The look is modern chic - cool greys and vibrant reds with dark wood furniture and clean white walls. The Sun (2008) Our most widespread orchid is the common spotted orchid, which grows both in damp woods and on chalky hillsides. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In other languages wood British English: wood /wʊd/ NOUN material* Wood is the hard material that trees are made of. American English: wood material Arabic: خَشْب Brazilian Portuguese: madeira Chinese: 木材 Croatian: drvo Czech: dřevo Danish: træ Dutch: hout European Spanish: madera pequeño Finnish: metsä French: bois German: Wald Greek: ξύλο Italian: bosco Japanese: 材木 material Korean: 목재 Norwegian: skog Polish: drewno European Portuguese: floresta Romanian: lemn Russian: дерево Latin American Spanish: madera Swedish: skog Thai: ไม้ Turkish: ahşap Ukrainian: деревина Vietnamese: gỗ British English: wood /wʊd/ NOUN forest A wood is a large area of trees growing near each other. American English: wood forest Arabic: غَابَة Brazilian Portuguese: floresta Chinese: 小树林 Croatian: šuma Czech: les Danish: skov Dutch: bos European Spanish: bosque material Finnish: puutavara French: bois German: Holz Greek: δάσος Italian: legno Japanese: 森 forest Korean: 숲 Norwegian: tre Polish: drewno European Portuguese: madeira Romanian: pădure Russian: лес Latin American Spanish: bosque Swedish: trä Thai: ป่าไม้ Turkish: orman ağaç Ukrainian: ліс Vietnamese: rừng All related terms of 'wood' dead wood People or things that have been used for a very long time and that are no longer considered to be useful can be referred to as dead wood . saw wood to snore or sleep wood ant a reddish-brown European ant , Formica rufa, typically living in anthills in woodlands wood coal → charcoal (sense 1 ) wood duck a duck , Aix sponsa, of wooded swamps , lakes , etc, in North America, having a very brightly coloured plumage in the male wood ear → tree ear wood ibis any of several storks having a downward-curved bill , esp Mycteria americana of America and Ibis ibis of Africa wood opal a form of petrified wood impregnated by common opal wood owl a European owl , Strix aluco, having a reddish-brown or grey plumage , black eyes , and a round head wood pulp Wood pulp is wood that has been cut up into small pieces and crushed . Wood pulp is used to make paper. wood rat → pack rat wood ray → xylem ray wood sage a downy labiate perennial , Teucrium scorodonia, having spikes of green-yellow flowers: common on acid heath and scree in Europe and naturalized in North America wood tar any tar produced by the destructive distillation of wood: used in producing tarred cord and rope and formerly in medicine as disinfectants and antiseptics wood trim decorative woodwork wood wasp any of various large wasplike insects of the hymenopterous family Siricidae, the females of which have a strong stout ovipositor and lay their eggs in the wood of felled trees wood wool a packaging material made of slivers of wool aloes wood eaglewood birch wood A wood is a fairly large area of trees growing near each other. You can refer to one or several of these areas as woods , and this is the usual form in American English. brazil wood the red wood obtained from various tropical leguminous trees of the genus Caesalpinia , such as C. echinata of America : used for cabinetwork citron wood the wood of the citron tree gopher wood the wood used in the construction of Noah's ark , thought to be a type of cypress ( Genesis 6:14) tallow wood a tall eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus microcorys, of coastal regions, having soft fibrous bark and conical fruits and yielding a greasy timber touch wood You can say ' touch wood ' in British English , or ' knock on wood ' in American English, to indicate that you hope to have good luck in something you are doing, usually after saying that you have been lucky with it so far . wood avens a Eurasian and N African rosaceous plant, Geum urbanum, with yellow flowers wood betony a North American scrophulariaceous plant, Pedicularis canadensis wood block a block of wood, esp. one used in making a woodcut wood burner A burner is a device which produces heat or a flame , especially as part of a cooker , stove , or heater . wood grouse the capercaillie wood louse → sow bug wood melic a pale green perennial grass , M. uniflora , that is common in woodlands and has branching flower heads wood melick a pale green perennial grass , M. uniflora , that is common in woodlands and has branching flower heads wood mouse any of various mice living in woodlands wood nymph one of a class of nymphs fabled to inhabit the woods , such as a dryad wood pewee either of two species of pewee, the eastern wood pewee ( Contopus virens ) or the western wood pewee ( C. sordidulus ) wood pigeon a large Eurasian pigeon , Columba palumbus, having white patches on the wings and neck wood pitch the dark viscid residue left after the distillation of wood tar : used as a binder in briquettes wood pussy → skunk wood screw a screw with a sharp point, for use in wood wood sorrel a Eurasian plant, Oxalis acetosella, having trifoliate leaves, an underground creeping stem , and white purple-veined flowers: family Oxalidaceae wood spirit → methanol wood stove A wood stove is a device that burns wood in order to heat a room . wood sugar → xylose wood thrush a large thrush ( Hylocichla mustelina ) of E North America, with a brown mantle and a white, dark-spotted breast , that has a sweet, clear song Amboyna wood the mottled , curled wood of an Asiatic , leguminous tree ( Pterocarpus indicus ), used in making furniture Belleau Wood a forest in N France : site of a battle (1918) in which the US Marines halted a German advance on Paris bluebell wood A wood is a fairly large area of trees growing near each other. You can refer to one or several of these areas as woods , and this is the usual form in American English. magnetic wood wood containing fine particles of nickel-zinc ferrite which absorb microwave radio signals, used to line rooms where mobile phone use is undesirable polished wood Wood is the material which forms the trunks and branches of trees. shittim wood a kind of wood, probably acacia , from which the Ark of the Covenant and parts of the tabernacle were made Chinese translation of 'wood' wood (wud) n (u) 木材 (mùcái) (c) (= forest) 树(樹)林 (shùlín) (棵, kē) 1 (noun) in the sense of timber Definition the hard fibrous substance beneath the bark in trees and shrubs, which is used in building and carpentry and as fuel The floor is made of polished wood. Synonyms timber These forests have been exploited for timber since Saxon times. planks planking lumber (US) 2 (noun) in the sense of firewood Definition the hard fibrous substance beneath the bark in trees and shrubs, which is used in building and carpentry and as fuel We gathered wood for the fire. Synonyms firewood fuel I fetched more fuel for the fire. logs kindling (plural noun) in the sense of woodland After dinner they went for a walk through the woods. Synonyms woodland trees forest grove hurst (archaic) thicket copse coppice bushland idiom See out of the wood(s) related words related adjectives ligneoussylvanxyloid related mania hylomania subject word lists See Types of wood Additional synonyms in the sense of fuel Definition any substance burned for heat or power, such as coal or petrol I fetched more fuel for the fire. Synonyms wood, coal, logs, firewood, kindling Synonyms of 'wood' wood Explore 'wood' in the dictionary
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