wood /wʊd/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

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

  例：

  Their dishes were made of wood.

  他们的盘子是用木头制成的。

  例：

  There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil.

  有一股湿木头和机油的气味。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  After dinner Alice slipped away for a walk in the woods with Artie.

  晚饭后，艾丽斯悄悄溜到树林里与阿迪散步。

• 3. 

  V to plant a wood upon 在…上植树

• 4. 

  PHRASE If something or someone is not out of the woods yet, they are still having difficulties or problems. 尚未摆脱困境 [非正式]

  例：

  The nation's economy is not out of the woods yet.

  该国的经济尚未摆脱困境。

• 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. 但愿好运仍在

  例：

  I got it all taken care of, knock on wood.

  我把它各个方面都照顾到了，但愿好运仍在。