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wood·workBrE /ˈwʊdwɜːk/NAmE /ˈwʊdwɜːrk/ noun [U] 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。◆(BrE) He hit the woodwork (= the wooden frame of the goal in the game of football/soccer, etc.) twice before scoring. 他两次射门击中球门框之后，终得进球。(BrE) (also ˈwood·work·ing NAmE, BrE) the activity or skill of making things from wood 木工活；木工手艺 ●blend/fade into the ˈwoodworkto 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 ˈwoodwork(informal, disapproving) if you say that sb 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。 |