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单词 matchwood
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matchwood
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matchwood
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“Hi! P'leeceman,” he said, “that’s my ’orse what she’s sitting on, same as it's my cab what she’s made matchwood of.”
C. S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew(1955)
Strong winds reduced people's homes to matchwood, leaving them with nothing, said one survivor, as residents began work to repair homes.
Reuters(Oct 21, 2015)
“An infinity of people perished,” fishing fleets became matchwood, entire herds of cattle and sheep perished in the raging waters.
New York Times(May 31, 2013)
1n fragments of wood
it was smashed into matchwood
Hyper
bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
2n wood in small pieces or splinters
the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks
Syn|Hyper
splinters
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
3n wood suitable for making matchsticks
Hyper
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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