deadwood

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How to pronounce deadwood in British English: 英 ['dedwʊd]word uk audio image

How to pronounce deadwood in American English: 美 ['dedˌwʊd] word us audio image

  • Noun:
    a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
    someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded

单词词源

deadwood (n.)
1887 in figurative sense of "useless person or thing," originally American English, from dead (adj.) + wood (n.). Dead wood in a forest is useful as firewood; perhaps the reference here is to the dried up parts of plants grown for commercial production of flowers or fruit.

双语例句

1. Deadwood also allows fires to get hotter .
2. When I moved to deadwood .
3. The new management plans to get rid of any deadwood .
4. The deadwood in the end reveals his age .
5. The boss tried to get rid of some deadwood in the company .

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