wood

英 [wʊd] 美[wʊd]
  • n. 木材;木制品;树林
  • vi. 收集木材
  • vt. 植林于;给…添加木柴
  • n. (Wood)人名;(英、法、西、葡、阿拉伯)伍德

CET4TEM4考研CET6中高频词基本词汇

词态变化


复数: woods;

中文词源


wood 树木,木头

来自PIE*widhu,树,木柱,来自PIE*wi的扩大格,分开,词源同wide,with。可能来自其原义劈开的木材,柴火,或者来自树林在古代隔开文明与野蛮的比喻义。参考forest词源。

wood 失去理智的

来自古英语wod,发狂的,来自PIE*wet,吹,启迪,唤醒灵魂,词源同vatic,Woden。引申义着魔的,发狂的,失去理智的。

英英释意


1. the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
2. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
3. any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
4. a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; metal woods are now available

英文词源


wood
wood: [OE] The ancestral meaning of wood is probably ‘collection of trees, forest’; ‘tree’ (now obsolete) and ‘substance from which trees are made’ are secondary developments. The word goes back to prehistoric Germanic *widuz, which also produced Swedish and Danish ved ‘firewood’, and it has Celtic relatives in Gaelic fiodh ‘wood, woods’, Welsh gwydd ‘trees’, and Breton gwez ‘trees’.

Its ultimate source is not known for certain, although it has been suggested that it may go back to the Indo- European base *weidh- ‘separate’ (source also of English divide and widow). According to this theory, it would originally have denoted a ‘separated’ or ‘remote’ piece of territory, near the outer edge or borders of known land; and since such remote, uninhabited areas were usually wooded, it came to denote ‘forest’ (forest itself may mean etymologically ‘outside area’, and the Old Norse word for ‘forest’, mork, originally signified ‘border area’).

wood (n.)
Old English wudu, earlier widu "tree, trees collectively, forest, grove; the substance of which trees are made," from Proto-Germanic *widu- (cognates: Old Norse viðr, Danish and Swedish ved "tree, wood," Old High German witu "wood"), from PIE *widhu- "tree, wood" (cognates: Welsh gwydd "trees," Gaelic fiodh- "wood, timber," Old Irish fid "tree, wood"). Out of the woods "safe" is from 1792.
wood (adj.)
"violently insane" (now obsolete), from Old English wod "mad, frenzied," from Proto-Germanic *woda- (cognates: Gothic woþs "possessed, mad," Old High German wuot "mad, madness," German wut "rage, fury"), from PIE *wet- (1) "to blow; inspire, spiritually arouse;" source of Latin vates "seer, poet," Old Irish faith "poet;" "with a common element of mental excitement" [Buck]. Compare Old English woþ "sound, melody, song," Old Norse oðr "poetry," and the god-name Odin.

同义词辨析


lumber, timber, wood, log

这些名词均有"木材,木"之意。

lumber: 指伐下后未经削磨的木材,现多用于美国英语中。

timber: 指经过匠人初步加要的备用木材,多用于英国英语。

wood: 最普通用词,含义广,除表示"木材,木"外,还可用复数形式表示森林。

log: 指原木或圆木。

考试真题


These first kites were probably made of wood.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

And it includes alternative schools with students selected by lottery(抽签),such as H-B Wood lawn in Arlington, Va.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

The study's authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by citing older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

As I start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

But when the food was in contact with tile or wood, 48-70% of bacteria were.

2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Carpets, for instance, seem to be slightly better places to drop your food than wood or tile.

2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

To find out, we introduced bacteria to squares of tile, carpet or wood.

2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

We will live in a large, two-storey house with floors and the staircase made of wood.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

For example, one of the most popular data sets on multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; it has been downloaded 5,700 times.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

As wood was so plentiful, it was cheaper to use than the stone used in the buildings of other European cultures.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

For example, one of the most popular data sets on multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; It has been downloaded 5,700 times.

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

The reason for constructing the buildings from wood is probably that ideally proportioned straight and slender timber was available in large quantities in Scandinavia's vast pine forests.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Almost a month ago, he bought popular word game that used little pieces of wood with different letters on them.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

It had little pieces of wood in different colors.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

Like floor wax, the oil made the floors shiny and helped protect the wood.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

My previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard.

2015年高考英语四川卷 完形填空 原文

Necessities like food and wood were very expensive.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

One day after school, while exploring the green woods of this magnificent mountain, I almost fell on a set of stairs.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文

Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees to sell the wood.

2015年高考英语广东卷 语法填空 原文

Small wood-frame buildings could be lifted fairly easily.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Soon she was at the bridge that crossed the des moines river, a bridge also built of wood, just like the bridge across honey creek.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The colonists’ first glimpse of the new land was a sight of dense woods.

出自-2015年考研翻译原文

Completed in 1875, the State Department's south wing was the first to be occupied, with its elegant four-story library ( ' , completed in 1876), Diplomatic Reception Room, and Secretary's office decorated with carved wood, Oriental rugs, and stenciled wall patterns.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

Almost all of the interior detail is of cast iron or plaster; the use of wood was minimized to insure fire safety.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

Completed in 1875, the State Department's south wing was the first to be occupied, with its elegant four-story library, diplomatic Reception Room, and Secretary's office decorated with carved wood, Oriental rugs, and stenciled wall patterns.

2018年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

词组搭配


cannot see the wood(或北美the forest)for the trees

fail to grasp the main issue because of over-attention to details

见树不见林;见小不见大;重细节不抓重点

out of the wood (或 woods)

out of danger or difficulty

脱离险境(或困境)

touch (或主北美knock on wood)

said in order to prevent a confident statement from bringing bad luck

用手碰碰木头,但愿老走这种好运

I haven't been banned yet, touch wood.

我尚未遭禁,但愿老走这种好运。

out of the woods【非正式用语】

Free of a difficult or hazardous situation; in a position of safety or security.

脱离险境:脱离困难或危险的情况;处于安全或保险的位置

实用场景例句


He chopped some wood for the fire.
他劈了些柴烧火。

牛津词典

a plank of wood
一长条木板

牛津词典

All the furniture was made of wood .
这里所有的家具都是用木料制作的。

牛津词典

a wood floor
木地板

牛津词典

furniture made of a variety of different woods
用各种不同的木材制作的家具

牛津词典

a large wood
一大片树林

牛津词典

a walk in the woods
在树林中散步

牛津词典

Their dishes were made of wood...
他们的盘子是木制的。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil.
有潮湿的木料和机油的气味。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

After dinner Alice slipped away for a walk in the woods with Artie...
晚餐后艾利斯溜出去跟阿蒂到林子里散步。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

About a mile to the west of town he came upon a large wood.
他在镇子以西约一英里处偶遇一大片林地。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The nation's economy is not out of the woods yet.
该国经济尚未摆脱困境。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She's never even been to the doctor's, touch wood...
她从未看过病,希望她一直好运。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Touch wood, I've been lucky enough to avoid any other serious injuries.
老天保佑,我一直很幸运,别的重伤都躲过了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Wood is often painted to imitate stone.
木头常涂上油漆冒充石头.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Now and then a bird's song broke in upon the silence of the wood.
鸟鸣声不时打破林中的寂静.

《简明英汉词典》

Iron, wood and ice are solids.
铁 、 木和冰是固体.

《简明英汉词典》

We ran out of coal, and had to burn wood.
煤烧完了, 只好烧木头.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Wood blocks may compress a great deal under pressure.
木块受压时可缩小很多.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He ignited the wood with a band of hay.
他用一把干草引燃了这些木柴.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The management decided to economise by cutting the dead wood from the workforce, thus reducing the wages bill.
资方决定节省开支,裁减劳动力中的冗员, 这样可以减少工资支出.

《简明英汉词典》

This wood is spongy.
这木料发泡.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Some acids are strong enough to burn the wood.
有些酸的酸性强得可以烧坏木头.

《简明英汉词典》

The teacher showed us how to cut out part of the surface of the wood and let a pattern in.
老师让我们看如何把木头的表面部分挖掉一块,然后把图案镶进去.

《简明英汉词典》

Wood burns better [ more easily ] when dry .
干柴 好烧.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

A gust of wind fluttered the shavings wood.
一阵风把刨花吹得到处乱飞.

《简明英汉词典》

We first treated the wood with creosote.
我们先用杂酚油对木柴进行加工.

《简明英汉词典》