woodwork

noun

/ˈwʊdwɜːk/

/ˈwʊdwɜːrk/

[uncountable]Idioms

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things made of wood in a building or room, such as doors and stairs（建筑物或房间的）木建部分，木构件，木制品
- The woodwork needs painting.木建部分需要上油漆。
- There were cracks in the woodwork.木建部份有裂缝。
- elaborately/intricately carved woodwork精致的木雕作品
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 wood木工活；木工手艺Topics Hobbiesc2

Idioms

blend/fade into the woodwork

(informal) to behave in a way that does not attract any attention; to disappear or hide默默无闻；销声匿迹；蛰伏

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突然露面；纷纷出笼
- When he won the lottery, all sorts of distant relatives came out of the woodwork.他博彩中奖后，八杆子打不着的亲戚都突然来登门造访。

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木制品：在足球比赛中击中球门的木框，而不是进球
- She hit the woodwork twice before scoring.得分前她击中了两次门框。