单词 | woodwork |
释义 | wood·workBrE /ˈwʊdwɜːk/ NAmE /ˈwʊdwɜːrk/ noun [U ]things made of wood in a building or room , such as doors and stairs (建筑物或房间的)木建部分,木构件,木制品◆ The woodwork needs painting . 木建部分需要上油漆。◆ (BrE ) He hit the woodwork (= the wooden frame of the goal in the game of football /soccer , etc .)twice before scoring . 他两次射门击中球门框之后,终得进球。(BrE ) (also ˈwood·work·ing NAmE , BrE ) the activity or skill of making things from wood 木工活;木工手艺 ● blend /fade into the ˈwoodwork to behave in a way that does not attract any attention ; to disappear or hide 默默无闻;销声匿迹;蛰伏● come /crawl out of the ˈwoodwork (informal , disapproving ) if you say that sb comes /crawls out of the woodwork , you mean that they have suddenly appeared in order to express an opinion or to take advantage of a situation 突然露面;纷纷出笼◆ When he won the lottery , all sorts of distant relatives came out of the woodwork . 他博彩中奖后,八杆子打不着的亲戚都突然来登门造访。 |
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