单词 | two-by-four |
释义 | two-by-four /tooh"buy fawr', -fohr', -beuh-/, adj. 1. two units thick and four units wide, esp. in inches. 2. Informal. lacking adequate space; cramped: a small, two-by-four room. 3. Informal. unimportant; insignificant: Theirs was a petty, two-by-four operation. n. 4. a timber measuring 2 by 4 in. (5 × 10 cm) in cross section, when untrimmed: equivalent to 15/8 by 35/8 in. (41/2 × 9 cm) when trimmed. [1880-85, Amer.] |
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