| 单词 | to come or crawl out of the woodwork |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come or crawl out of the woodwork d. to come or crawl out of the woodwork and variants, to come out of hiding; to emerge from obscurity. So to crawl (back) into the woodwork and variants, to disappear into obscurity. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > be or become obscure [verb (intransitive)] eclipsec1430 to be in the shade1806 to crawl (back) into the woodwork1964 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being well-known > become well-known [verb (intransitive)] to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed to come to (also in, on) (the) lightOE sutelea1000 kitheOE unfoldc1350 disclosea1513 burst1542 to break up1584 to take vent1611 vent1622 bleed1645 emerge1664 to get (also have) vent1668 to get or take wind1668 to stand (appear) confessed1708 eclat1736 perspire1748 transpire1748 to come out1751 develop1805 unroll1807 spunk1808 effloresce1834 to come to the front1871 to show up1879 out1894 evolve1920 to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964 1964 ‘E. Lathen’ Accounting for Murder (1965) vii. 59 These nutboys start crawling out of the woodwork. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Feb. 154/4 The Nazi elite faded into the woodwork without waiting to be removed, making it tempting to say that denazification should have been left to the Germans. 1973 Current Affairs Bull. (Sydney) Aug. 31/1 They are the new Australian playwrights and they are coming out of the woodwork everywhere. 1974 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Other Story iv. 30 At least we can tell this bloody wog to crawl back into the woodwork. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xii. 289 Funny how the men in my life all scuttle off into the woodwork, isn't it? 1979 ‘J. le Carré’ Smiley's People (1980) iii. 39 George Smiley, sometime Chief of the Secret Service..had one night come out of the woodwork to peer at some dead foreigner. 1984 Broadcast 7 Dec. 27/1 The imminence of a BBC licence increase application brings the advertising agencies out of the woodwork. < as lemmas |
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