| 单词 | matchwood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmatchwood matchwood n. †(a) touchwood (obsolete); (b) light wood of poor quality, suitable for making into matchsticks; (c) very small pieces or splinters of wood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > touch-wood-paper tindera700 tache1393 toucha1500 kindlinga1522 touchwood1575 spunk1582 matchwood1597 lint1612 funk1673 firelighter1771 saltpetre paper1832 match-paper1883 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood of inferior quality chipwood1838 matchwood1838 frowy-stuff1858 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood for other specific uses mazera1200 waywoodware1334 piling1422 tenter-timber1562 pinwood1580 mazer wood1594 stop-rice1653 pudlay1679 puncheon1686 veneer1702 pit-wood1715 broach-wood1835 chipwood1838 matchwood1838 fretwood1881 pulpwood1881 coffin-wood1883 bur1885 spool-wood1895 1597 J. Gerard Herball Table Eng. Names Matchwoode, that is Touchwoode. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 396/1 We wish we could see a series of experiments made upon a more enlarged scale than upon these bits of match wood. 1887 Lady 20 Jan. 38/3 The huts tumbled into matchwood. 1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) ii. xxxi. 341 Shoddy match-wood bars and hotel lobbies. 1981 L. Lawrence Earth Witch (1982) xx. 156 She caught it between her jaws and snapped it in two as if it were matchwood. < as lemmas |
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