wood

1. N-MASS Wood is the material that forms the trunks and branches of trees. 木頭

Their dishes were made of wood. 他們的盤子是用木頭制成的。

There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil. 有一股濕木頭和機(jī)油的氣味。

2. N-COUNT A wood or woods is a fairly large area of trees growing near each other. 樹林

After dinner Alice slipped away for a walk in the woods with Artie. 晚飯后，艾麗斯悄悄溜到樹林里與阿迪散步。

3. V to plant a wood upon 在…上植樹

4. PHRASE If something or someone is not out of the woods yet, they are still having difficulties or problems. 尚未擺脫困境[非正式]

The nation's economy is not out of the woods yet. 該國的經(jīng)濟(jì)尚未擺脫困境。

5. CONVENTION You can say "knock on wood" 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. 但愿好運(yùn)仍在

I got it all taken care of, knock on wood. 我把它各個方面都照顧到了，但愿好運(yùn)仍在。