单词 | matchwood |
释义 | matchwood (once / 66776 pages) n WORD FAMILY matchwood USAGE EXAMPLES“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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