wooden spoon
noun /ˌwʊdn ˈspuːn/
/ˌwʊdn ˈspuːn/
- enlarge imagea spoon made of wood, used in cooking for stirring and mixing
木匙;木勺 Topics Cooking and eatingb2 - (British English, informal) an imaginary prize for somebody who comes last in a race or competition
(在赛跑或比赛中)获得最后一名,成为末名 - My team got the wooden spoon after getting all the questions wrong.
我的团队在把所有的问题都答错后得到了木勺。
- My team got the wooden spoon after getting all the questions wrong.
词源a spoon made of wood was formerly given to the candidate coming last in the Cambridge mathematical tripos (final exams for a BA degree).