| 单词 | wood |
| 释义 | woodwood /wʊd/ ●●● S1 W2 noun 1[countable, uncountable] the material that trees are made of: The floor is made of solid wood. He was outside chopping wood for the fire. He made a bench out of an old piece of wood. Balsa is a very soft wood. There was a hand-carved wood table in the corner. → see also wooden2the woods [plural] an area of land covered with trees: We went for a walk in the woods after lunch.3[singular] poetic a small area of land covered with trees4not be out of the woods yet informal used to say that there are likely to be more difficulties before things improve5[countable] one of a set of four golf clubs with wooden heads → see also knock on wood at knock1 (1) [Origin: Old English wudu]COLLOCATIONSadjectivesdark wood He sat at a large desk of dark polished wood.light/blond wood The pictures were in simple frames made of blond wood.solid wood The doors are made of solid wood.bare wood (=not painted or covered) She could hear the shuffling of shoes on the bare wood floor upstairs.a hard wood Oak is a hard wood.a soft wood A soft wood like pine is easier to work with.verbsbe made of wood The whole house is made of wood.chop wood He was chopping wood for the fire.cut/saw wood A local carpenter cut the wood to size.wood + nounswood grain (=the pattern of lines on wood) Using stain allows the wood grain to show, but painting hides it.a wood stove (=that burns wood) The old wood stove kept the cabin warm.wood smoke There was a smell of wood smoke.wood paneling (=thin pieces of wood covering a wall) The walls of the den were covered in dark wood paneling.wood chips (=small rough pieces of wood) Fish are smoked slowly over wood chips.wood shavings (=thin curly pieces) He cleared up the wood shavings. |
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