Definition of dead wood in English:

dead wood

noun

mass noun

1Parts of a tree or branch which are dead.
Example sentencesExamples
- It was neglected in the recent past and tree surgeons have been busy removing dead wood to make the area safer.
- New life pushes out from what often looks like dead wood, and it is the time of the year when the weather really starts to change as well.
- Just cut out dead wood - canes that are dark brown or gray - and trim away occasional branches that clog the inside of the plant, to promote good air circulation.
- In a minute, he'd found a large piece of deadwood.
- He expecting to face his enemy, but instead, the man found himself facing a huge piece of deadwood neatly sliced in half right across its meter thick trunk.
- ‘There is a lot of deadwood and fuel for fire,’ Wofsy explains.
- Forested wetlands, said by PCS to have been ‘restored,’ were shadeless tangles of parched deadwood.
- The great tree is an ancient spire of dead wood, made of lignin and cellulose by the ancestors of the thin layer of living cells that go to constitute its bark.
- The dead wood, which makes a tree so scenic and historic, is not absent from the life processes of the tree.
- Parish councillors had already decided the lime tree would have to go after two separate professional surveys concluded that it posed a significant risk, with its trunk essentially hollow and large areas of deadwood within its crown.
- We obtained 147 samples from living trees and 1005 from dead wood.
- Try to leave some selected sections of dead wood on a tree, to provide nesting homes for birds.
- Like fingerings for the double flute after a long absence, the old skills came back with surprising speed: the uses of deadwood and tree bark, the knack of setting a rabbit snare, where to look for strawberries.
- Lightning fires cleared the woods of brush, dead wood, and an overabundance of young trees.
- Young men with axes and pack animals travel for hours to cut standing trees, but they also prefer deadwood because it is easier to transport and does not need time to dry.
- Prune any dead wood evident on trees, but avoid trimming spring-flowering shrubs.
- You can pile your chainsaw, gas and tools in the trailer and drive right to the deadwood that needs cutting.
- When we had unsaddled the horses and unpacked our kit I began gathering dead wood so I might have plenty for our fire.
- Katrin built a fire from deadwood, it being illegal to cut living vegetation, while I trawled for bass.
- Old shrubs, such as spiraea, forsythia, lilac, and honeysuckle, often become overgrown and full of crowded stems and dead wood.
- The colour of the branches depends on what dead wood and leaf litter it is growing upon.
- Someone will have to scale a ladder periodically to keep the vines from attacking shutters and shingles and to prune out dead wood.
- Remove weak and crossing branches and dead wood.
- Prune plants to regulate size, renew growth, develop plant form and orient branches and remove dead wood.
- The Anvil Lopper is designed for pruning dry or dead wood.
- I like spending time in the woods, when i lived in the countryside I used to collect dead wood with my bow saw for my woodburner-stove, and I appreciated the atmosphere.
- Because dead wood is immune to termites and wood-rotting fungi, large trees can take a millennium to weather away after dying.
- Studies of coastal temperate rainforests have found at least 80 species that depend directly on deadwood for their survival.
- Signs of structural instability include cracks in the trunk or major limbs, hollow or decayed areas, or excessive dead wood.
- Maples generally need little pruning, other than to remove root suckers and dead wood or branches that cross or grow too low.
- For the last decade, Harper has disked in shreddings and aged manure each spring and burned only deadwood at her farm.
- His feet slipped over fallen deadwood and sapless branches that snapped like gunshots as he ran amongst them.
- One scout stayed in the boat and myself and the other one cleared branches, bushes and deadwood to get him through and down to the boat.
1. 1.1 People or things that are no longer useful or productive.
  〈喻〉死木头，无用者
  a lot of the company's dead wood was removed by voluntary redundancy
  Example sentencesExamples
  Or, for once just once the Liberal Party could act like a professional machine and toss out dead wood.
  Even in Derry I had to get rid of some dead wood and bring in new lads.
  We'll never beat Australia carrying dead wood and those two players are dead wood - but I wouldn't drop them.
  Frankly, it's amazing that the Yankees accomplished all that they did last season with so much offensive deadwood.
  Besides, the economy won't resume rapid growth until deadwood has been cut out, making it possible for companies to start investing again in assets that are priced to earn healthy profits.
  Tradition is no deadwood, but a tree that grows and sprouts through the changing seasons.
  Andrew Runciman confided: ‘There's a lot of dead wood in the public sector that needs sorting out.’
  Time to cut the dead wood and restore the pride to this great school.
  With Nixon's full support, he was determined to become the real head of the Intelligence Community and to clean house at CIA by eliminating deadwood and cutting costs.
  The Legislature wanted the committee to remove dead wood provisions from the Maryland Constitution.
  The only acceptable, pragmatic stance here is to seek to transform religion: to draw out its source code, remove its dead wood, and reconstruct it without its legalism.
  Boards and legislatures have insisted on post-tenure review as a way of ensuring faculty responsibility and of getting rid of supposed deadwood.
  Despite the fact that they have a lot of dead wood, like me (and yes, there are countless others), the company has managed to do very well throughout this recent recession.
  If you have deadwood in a research university, you are cutting against the whole purpose of that university.
  Mostly this process will clear away a lot of dead wood, discrediting a crowd of mediocre directors and actors that no one will care about in two years' time.
  The intelligentsia's passion was for the avant-garde - the green and growing extremities of culture rather than the dead wood of tradition.
  I believe this system could work and that it could help rid the Premiership of its dead wood.
  They will also seek to get rid of dead wood in our State Parliament.
  But surely now is the time to take the bull by the horns and ditch the deadwood.
  By throwing out the careerists and dead wood they can begin the job of turning the union into an organisation that's strong enough to defend the interests of all its members against those of the employer.

单词	dead wood
释义	Definition of dead wood in English: dead wood noun mass noun 1Parts of a tree or branch which are dead. Example sentencesExamples It was neglected in the recent past and tree surgeons have been busy removing dead wood to make the area safer. New life pushes out from what often looks like dead wood, and it is the time of the year when the weather really starts to change as well. Just cut out dead wood - canes that are dark brown or gray - and trim away occasional branches that clog the inside of the plant, to promote good air circulation. In a minute, he'd found a large piece of deadwood. He expecting to face his enemy, but instead, the man found himself facing a huge piece of deadwood neatly sliced in half right across its meter thick trunk. ‘There is a lot of deadwood and fuel for fire,’ Wofsy explains. Forested wetlands, said by PCS to have been ‘restored,’ were shadeless tangles of parched deadwood. The great tree is an ancient spire of dead wood, made of lignin and cellulose by the ancestors of the thin layer of living cells that go to constitute its bark. The dead wood, which makes a tree so scenic and historic, is not absent from the life processes of the tree. Parish councillors had already decided the lime tree would have to go after two separate professional surveys concluded that it posed a significant risk, with its trunk essentially hollow and large areas of deadwood within its crown. We obtained 147 samples from living trees and 1005 from dead wood. Try to leave some selected sections of dead wood on a tree, to provide nesting homes for birds. Like fingerings for the double flute after a long absence, the old skills came back with surprising speed: the uses of deadwood and tree bark, the knack of setting a rabbit snare, where to look for strawberries. Lightning fires cleared the woods of brush, dead wood, and an overabundance of young trees. Young men with axes and pack animals travel for hours to cut standing trees, but they also prefer deadwood because it is easier to transport and does not need time to dry. Prune any dead wood evident on trees, but avoid trimming spring-flowering shrubs. You can pile your chainsaw, gas and tools in the trailer and drive right to the deadwood that needs cutting. When we had unsaddled the horses and unpacked our kit I began gathering dead wood so I might have plenty for our fire. Katrin built a fire from deadwood, it being illegal to cut living vegetation, while I trawled for bass. Old shrubs, such as spiraea, forsythia, lilac, and honeysuckle, often become overgrown and full of crowded stems and dead wood. The colour of the branches depends on what dead wood and leaf litter it is growing upon. Someone will have to scale a ladder periodically to keep the vines from attacking shutters and shingles and to prune out dead wood. Remove weak and crossing branches and dead wood. Prune plants to regulate size, renew growth, develop plant form and orient branches and remove dead wood. The Anvil Lopper is designed for pruning dry or dead wood. I like spending time in the woods, when i lived in the countryside I used to collect dead wood with my bow saw for my woodburner-stove, and I appreciated the atmosphere. Because dead wood is immune to termites and wood-rotting fungi, large trees can take a millennium to weather away after dying. Studies of coastal temperate rainforests have found at least 80 species that depend directly on deadwood for their survival. Signs of structural instability include cracks in the trunk or major limbs, hollow or decayed areas, or excessive dead wood. Maples generally need little pruning, other than to remove root suckers and dead wood or branches that cross or grow too low. For the last decade, Harper has disked in shreddings and aged manure each spring and burned only deadwood at her farm. His feet slipped over fallen deadwood and sapless branches that snapped like gunshots as he ran amongst them. One scout stayed in the boat and myself and the other one cleared branches, bushes and deadwood to get him through and down to the boat. 1.1 People or things that are no longer useful or productive. 〈喻〉死木头，无用者 a lot of the company's dead wood was removed by voluntary redundancy Example sentencesExamples Or, for once just once the Liberal Party could act like a professional machine and toss out dead wood. Even in Derry I had to get rid of some dead wood and bring in new lads. We'll never beat Australia carrying dead wood and those two players are dead wood - but I wouldn't drop them. Frankly, it's amazing that the Yankees accomplished all that they did last season with so much offensive deadwood. Besides, the economy won't resume rapid growth until deadwood has been cut out, making it possible for companies to start investing again in assets that are priced to earn healthy profits. Tradition is no deadwood, but a tree that grows and sprouts through the changing seasons. Andrew Runciman confided: ‘There's a lot of dead wood in the public sector that needs sorting out.’ Time to cut the dead wood and restore the pride to this great school. With Nixon's full support, he was determined to become the real head of the Intelligence Community and to clean house at CIA by eliminating deadwood and cutting costs. The Legislature wanted the committee to remove dead wood provisions from the Maryland Constitution. The only acceptable, pragmatic stance here is to seek to transform religion: to draw out its source code, remove its dead wood, and reconstruct it without its legalism. Boards and legislatures have insisted on post-tenure review as a way of ensuring faculty responsibility and of getting rid of supposed deadwood. Despite the fact that they have a lot of dead wood, like me (and yes, there are countless others), the company has managed to do very well throughout this recent recession. If you have deadwood in a research university, you are cutting against the whole purpose of that university. Mostly this process will clear away a lot of dead wood, discrediting a crowd of mediocre directors and actors that no one will care about in two years' time. The intelligentsia's passion was for the avant-garde - the green and growing extremities of culture rather than the dead wood of tradition. I believe this system could work and that it could help rid the Premiership of its dead wood. They will also seek to get rid of dead wood in our State Parliament. But surely now is the time to take the bull by the horns and ditch the deadwood. By throwing out the careerists and dead wood they can begin the job of turning the union into an organisation that's strong enough to defend the interests of all its members against those of the employer.
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