| 单词 | twobyfour |
| 释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : two-by-fourn. > as lemmastwo-by-four two-by-four n. originally U.S. a post or batten measuring 2 inches by 4 in cross-section; also (U.S.) figurative in attributive use: small, insignificant. ΚΠ 1884 B. Nye Baled Hay 23 The managing editor of the mill lays out the log in his mind, and works it into dimension stuff, shingle bolts, slabs, edgings, two by fours. 1897 ‘O. Thanet’ Missionary Sheriff 13 ‘That how she makes a living?’ ‘Yes—little two-by-four bakery.’ 1916 ‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd v. 77 Houses..bald behind as board fences save where two-by-fours braced them from falling. 1926 Ladies' Home Jrnl. June 15 Stiff and unyielding as a two-by-four. 1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing i. 3 A little two-by-four provincial agency..giving itself airs now! 1978 Maledicta 2 7 You hit him over his ossified skull with a two-by-four. 1979 J. van de Wetering Maine Massacre xix. 226 De Gier saw a tableau made out of barn boards, framed neatly by weathered two-by-fours. < see also as lemmas |
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