woodwork

noun

/ˈwʊdwɜːk/

/ˈwʊdwɜːrk/

[uncountable]Idioms

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things made of wood in a building or room, such as doors and stairs
- The woodwork needs painting.
- There were cracks in the woodwork.
- elaborately/intricately carved woodwork
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- exterior
- interior
- carved
- …
verb + woodwork
- paint
- varnish
preposition
- in the woodwork
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(British English)
(also woodworking North American English, British English)
the activity or skill of making things from woodTopics Hobbiesc2

Idioms

blend/fade into the woodwork

(informal) to behave in a way that does not attract any attention; to disappear or hide

come/crawl out of the woodwork

(informal, disapproving) if you say that somebody comes/crawls out of the woodwork, you mean that they have suddenly appeared in order to express an opinion or to take advantage of a situation
- When he won the lottery, all sorts of distant relatives came out of the woodwork.

hit/strike the woodwork

(British English, informal) to hit the wooden frame of the goal in the game of football (soccer), instead of scoring a goal
- She hit the woodwork twice before scoring.

单词	woodwork
释义	woodwork noun /ˈwʊdwɜːk/ /ˈwʊdwɜːrk/ [uncountable]Idioms jump to other results things made of wood in a building or room, such as doors and stairs The woodwork needs painting. There were cracks in the woodwork. elaborately/intricately carved woodwork Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective exterior interior carved … verb + woodwork paint varnish preposition in the woodwork See full entry (British English) (also woodworking North American English, British English) the activity or skill of making things from woodTopics Hobbiesc2 Idioms blend/fade into the woodwork (informal) to behave in a way that does not attract any attention; to disappear or hide come/crawl out of the woodwork (informal, disapproving) if you say that somebody comes/crawls out of the woodwork, you mean that they have suddenly appeared in order to express an opinion or to take advantage of a situation When he won the lottery, all sorts of distant relatives came out of the woodwork. hit/strike the woodwork (British English, informal) to hit the wooden frame of the goal in the game of football (soccer), instead of scoring a goal She hit the woodwork twice before scoring.
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