woodwork
noun /ˈwʊdwɜːk/
/ˈwʊdwɜːrk/
[uncountable]Idioms - things made of wood in a building or room, such as doors and stairs
(建筑物或房间的)木建部分,木构件,木制品 - The woodwork needs painting.
木建部分需要上油漆。 - There were cracks in the woodwork.
木建部份有裂缝。 - elaborately/intricately carved woodwork
精致的木雕作品
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- exterior
- interior
- carved
- …
- paint
- varnish
- in the woodwork
- The woodwork needs painting.
- (British English) (also woodworking North American English, British English)the activity or skill of making things from wood
Topics Hobbiesc2木工活;木工手艺
Idioms
blend/fade into the woodwork
- (informal) to behave in a way that does not attract any attention; to disappear or hide
默默无闻;销声匿迹;蛰伏
come/crawl out of the woodwork
- (informal, disapproving) if you say that somebody 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。
- When he won the lottery, all sorts of distant relatives came out of the woodwork.
hit/strike the woodwork
- (British English, informal) to hit the wooden frame of the goal in the game of football (soccer), instead of scoring a goal
木制品: 在足球比赛中击中球门的木框,而不是进球- She hit the woodwork twice before scoring.
得分前她击中了两次门框。
- She hit the woodwork twice before scoring.