| 单词 | dead wood |
| 释义 | dead wooduncountable noun People or things that have been used for a very long time and that are no longer consideredto be useful can be referred to as dead wood. [disapproval] ...the idea that historical linguistics is so much dead wood. dead woodsomeone or something that is no longer useful or effective in a particular organization or situation Now is the time for the dead wood at the top of the party to be cut away. Since theelections, the leadership has received a great deal of criticism. Examples of 'dead wood' in a sentence |
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