plank
noun/plæŋk/
/plæŋk/
Idioms - a long narrow flat piece of wood that is used for making floors, etc.
木板；板条 - a plank of wood
一长条木板 - a wooden plank
一条木板
Extra Examples- The bridge was made of planks held together with rope.
这座桥是用绳子绑起来的木板搭成的。 - The man was nailing down a loose plank.
那人正在钉一块松动的木板。 - The timber was sawn down for planks.
木材被锯下来制成木板。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wooden
- loose
- rotten
- …
- a plank of wood
- a plank of wood
- a main point in the policy of an organization, especially a political party
（政党等的）政策准则，政纲的核心 - The central plank of the bill was rural development.
这一法案的核心是农村发展。
Extra Examples- the main plank of the strategy
该战略的要点 - The proposed law was a central plank in the manifesto.
拟议中的法律是这项宣言的主旨。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- central
- key
- main
- …
- plank in
- plank of
- The central plank of the bill was rural development.
- an exercise in which you lie on your stomach and raise your body off the ground by pressing down on your hands until your arms are straight and then hold that position for a fixed period of time
一种俯卧练习，通过下压双手将身体抬离地面，直到手臂伸直，然后保持该姿势一段固定的时间 - I do exercises to strengthen my stomach muscles, like push-ups and planks.
我做俯卧撑和平板支撑等运动来增强腹部肌肉。
- I do exercises to strengthen my stomach muscles, like push-ups and planks.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Northern French planke, from late Latin planca ‘board’, feminine (used as a noun) of plancus ‘flat-footed’.
Idioms
(as) thick as two short planks
- (British English, informal) (of a person) very stupid
笨得像木头人；笨到极点 More Like This Similes in idiomsSimiles in idioms- (as) bald as a coot
- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bright as a button
- (as) bold as brass
- as busy as a bee
- as clean as a whistle
- (as) dead as a/the dodo
- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- as flat as a pancake
- (as) good as gold
- (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
- (as) miserable/ugly as sin
- as old as the hills
- (as) pleased/proud as Punch
- as pretty as a picture
- (as) regular as clockwork
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) safe as houses
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) steady as a rock
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) tough as old boots
walk the plank
- (in the past) to walk along a board placed over the side of a ship and fall into the sea, as a punishment
走跳板（强迫受害人在置于船舷外的跳板上行走而致落水）