wood
n. 木材,木头; 树林
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 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。
If something or someone is not out of the woods yet, they are still having difficulties or problems.
The nation's economy is not out of the woods yet.
该国经济尚未摆脱困境。
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。
1. the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
2. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
3. any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
4. a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; metal woods are now available
lumber, timber, wood, log
这些名词均有"木材,木"之意。
cannot see the wood(或北美the forest)for the trees
见树不见林;见小不见大;重细节不抓重点
out of the wood (或 woods)
脱离险境(或困境)
touch (或主北美knock on wood)
用手碰碰木头,但愿老走这种好运
out of the woods【非正式用语】
脱离险境:脱离困难或危险的情况;处于安全或保险的位置
Wood is often painted to imitate stone.
木头常涂上油漆冒充石头.
Now and then a bird's song broke in upon the silence of the wood.
鸟鸣声不时打破林中的寂静.
Iron, wood and ice are solids.
铁 、 木和冰是固体.
We ran out of coal, and had to burn wood.
煤烧完了, 只好烧木头.
Wood blocks may compress a great deal under pressure.
木块受压时可缩小很多.