wood S2 W2 / wʊd / 名词

1 [可数和不可数名词] 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 [可数名词] ( also the woods ) a small forest :

a walk in the woods

3 touch 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 continue

4 [可数名词] one of a set of four golf club s with wooden heads

5 not be out of the wood(s) yet informal used to say that there are likely to be more difficulties before things improve

6 not 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

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

solid 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.

动词

chop 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.

短语

a 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 + NOUN

wood 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.