| 释义 |
● 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。See also crawl |