The word 'wood' refers to the material that makes up trees or areas of trees. It can be used as a mass noun for the material itself or as a count noun for a forest or woods, especially in American English. The word also appears in idioms like 'not out of the woods' (not yet safe) and 'touch wood' (to ward off bad luck).
[N-MASS 物质名词]木材;木料;木头Wood is the material which forms the trunks and branches of trees.
Their dishes were made of wood...
他们的盘子是木制的。
There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil.
有潮湿的木料和机油的气味。
...a short piece of wood.
一块短木料
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]树林,林子(美国英语通常用woods) A wood is a fairly large area of trees growing near each other. You can refer to one or several of these areas as woods, and this is the usual form in American English.
After dinner Alice slipped away for a walk in the woods with Artie...
晚餐后艾利斯溜出去跟阿蒂到林子里散步。
About a mile to the west of town he came upon a large wood.
他在镇子以西约一英里处偶遇一大片林地。
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See also:
dead wood
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[PHRASE 短语]仍未摆脱困境(或问题) If something or someone is not out of the woods yet, they are still having difficulties or problems.
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[INFORMAL 非正式]
The nation's economy is not out of the woods yet.
该国经济尚未摆脱困境。
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[CONVENTION 惯用语]上天保佑(表示希望继续走好运) You can say 'touch wood' in British English, or 'knock on wood' in American English, to indicate that you hope to have good luck in something you are doing, usually after saying that you have been lucky with it so far.
She's never even been to the doctor's, touch wood...
她从未看过病,希望她一直好运。
Touch wood, I've been lucky enough to avoid any other serious injuries.
老天保佑,我一直很幸运,别的重伤都躲过了。
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your neck of the woods→see:
neck
; can't the wood for the trees→see:
tree
;
Oxford
wood★/wʊd; NAmEwʊd/noun _tree_bark_comp.jpg _log.jpg 1★[uncountable , countable ]the hard material that the trunkand branches of a tree are made of; this material when it is used to build or make things with, or as a fuel 木;木头;木料;木材;木柴◆He chopped some wood for the fire.他劈了些柴烧火。◆a plank of wood一长条木板◆All the furniture was made of wood.这里所有的家具都是用木料制作的。◆a wood floor木地板◆furniture made of a variety of different woods用各种不同的木材制作的家具☞see also
dead wood
,
hardwood
,
softwood
,
wooden
,
woody
2★[countable ](alsowoods [plural ])an area of trees, smaller than a forest 树林;林地◆a large wood一大片树林◆a walk in the woods在树林中散步☞see also
wooded
3[countable ]a heavy wooden ball used in the game of bowls(草地滚球戏的)木瓶4[countable ]a golf clubwith a large head, that was usually made of wood in the past 木头球棒(旧时通常有木制顶部的高尔夫球棒)☞compare
iron
n. (5 )IDIOMSnot see the ˌwood for the ˈtrees( BrE) (NAmEnot see the ˌforest for the ˈtrees)to not see or understand the main point about sth, because you are paying too much attention to small details 见树不见林not ˌout of the ˈwoods( informal) not yet free from difficulties or problems 尚未摆脱困境;尚未渡过难关☞more at
knock
v.,
neck
n.,
touch
v.woodwoodswood/wʊd; NAmEwʊd/
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woodwood /wʊd/ ●●●S2W2 noun
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1wood (1) [countable, uncountable] the material that trees are made of → wooden, woody: Put some more wood on the fire. a polished wood floor Her house was made of wood. →
hardwood
, softwood
2[countable] (also the woods) a small forest: a walk in the woods3touch wood British English, knock on wood American English said just after you have said that things are going well for you, when you want your good luck to continue4[countable] one of a set of four golf clubs with wooden heads5not be out of the wood(s) yet informal used to say that there are likely to be more difficulties before things improve6not see the wood for the trees to not notice what is important about something because you give too much of your attention to small details →
dead wood
COLLOCATIONSadjectivessolid wood· You can install a solid wood door.bare wood (=not painted or covered)· The floors were of bare wood.a hard/soft wood· Oak is a hard wood.verbschop wood· He was chopping wood for the fire.cut/saw wood· A local carpenter cut the wood to size.carve wood (=used a knife to shape it)· The room was decorated with carved wood.phrasesa piece of wood· He made a bench out of pieces of wood.a plank of wood (=a long thin flat piece)· The shed was constructed from some old planks of wood.a block of wood· I used a block of wood to knock the pole into the ground.the grain of the wood (=the natural lines in it)· The oil enhances the natural grain of the wood.wood + NOUNwood chips (=small rough pieces)· Fish are smoked slowly over wood chips.wood shavings (=thin curly pieces)· He cleared up the wood shavings.wood smoke· There was a smell of wood smoke.
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wood
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woods[29570]
木头(58%),木材(28%),树林(14%)
n.木材;木制品;树林
vt.植林于;给…添加木柴
vi.收集木材
n.(Wood)人名;(英、法、西、葡、阿拉伯)伍德
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