woodwork

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n. 木制品, 木制家具, 木工手艺, 木工活, 房屋内的木建部分

发音

US /ˈwʊdˌwɝk/

词形变化

woodworks 复数 woodworks woodworked woodworking woodworks 三单 woodworking 现在分词 woodworked 过去式 woodworked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Working with wood.

    不可数

    He does woodwork as a hobby.

  3. 3.

    A place of concealment or obscurity.

    比喻 不可数 引申义

    out of the woodwork

    Friends and relatives were coming out of the woodwork to celebrate his good fortune.

    So when he wants to, he can just kind of blend into the woodwork.

  4. 4.

    The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar.

    不可数 体育 游戏

    That goal was so close, it went in off the woodwork.

v.
  1. 1.

    To go completely stealth as a transgender person. (From the idea of fading or blending into the woodwork.)

    过时

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

carpentry woodworking

上位词 4

work trade craft piece of work

下位词 5

cabinetwork joinery cabinetmaking cabinetry millwork

相关短语

come out of the woodwork comes out of the woodwork crawl out of the woodwork bring out of the woodwork pull out of the woodwork blend into the woodwork bringing out of the woodwork brought out of the woodwork brings out of the woodwork

词源

From Middle English woodewerk (“carpentry”), equivalent to wood + work.

来源：wiktionary