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单词 wooden
释义 wood·en
\ˈwu̇dən\ adjective
(sometimes -er/-est)
1.
 a. : made or consisting wholly or sometimes partly of wood
  < wooden houses >
  < wooden box >
 b. obsolete : engaged in or concerned with the preparation of wood
 c. : resembling or producing a sound characteristic of a struck hollow wooden object
  < the wooden sound of numskulls being soundly hit — Edith Sitwell >
2.
 a. : resembling wood in stiffness and lack of resilience
  < the hands are also … wooden, not only hard, but lifeless — C.W.H.Johnson >
  < wooden-faced country people — William Faulkner >
  < a wooden military posture >
  < a wooden and inflexible policy — W.M.Dacey >
 b. : lacking in ease, grace, charm, liveliness, lifelikeness, interest, or zest : awkward, clumsy, dry, lifeless, dull
  < hear the wooden dialogue — Shakespeare >
  < cooperation … has frequently been reluctant and wooden — Woodrow Wyatt >
  < party debates are wooden and tedious formalities — Christopher Hollis >
  < a wooden and perfunctory pedagogue — John Dewey >
  < book is wooden and insensitive — George Nobbe >
3. : wooded
Synonyms: see stiff
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