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a long thin piece of strong hard material, especially wood, used, for example, for making floors, building walls and roofs and making boats 板；（尤指）木板 He had ripped up the carpet, leaving only the bare boards. 他用力扯去了地毯，只剩下裸露的地板。 She noticed a loose board in the fence. 她注意到篱笆上有一块松动的木板。
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(especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词 a piece of wood, or other strong material, that is used for a special purpose …用木板（或板材） a whiteboard 白板 I'll write it up on the board. 我会把它写在黑板上。 - (British English)
a noticeboard 布告牌 - (North American English)
a bulletin board 布告牌 The exam results went up on the board. 考试成绩张贴在布告牌上。 a diving board 跳水板 She jumped off the top board. 她从高层跳板上跳了下来。 a chessboard 棋盘 He removed the figure from the board. 他从黑板上抹去了那个数字。
Homophones board | boredboard boredTopics Educationa2, Games and toysa2- board noun
The rules were written on the board. 规则写在黑板上。
- board verb
They are waiting to board a plane for New York. 他们正等着登上飞往纽约的飞机。
- bored adjective
The others began to look bored. 其他人开始显得很无聊。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bulletin
- drawing
- poster
- …
- game
- on a/the board
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(especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词 the piece of equipment on which somebody stands in various water sports and in snowboarding and skateboarding 木板： 有人在各种水上运动以及单板滑雪和滑板中站立的设备You kick-turn with both feet on the board. 你踢转身，双脚放在板上。
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a group of people who have power to make decisions and control a company or other organization （公司或其他机构的）董事会，委员会，理事会 The board is/are unhappy about falling sales. 董事会对销售额下降感到不满。 members of the board 董事会成员 - on the board
She has a seat on the board of directors. 她是董事会成员。 He has served on the editorial boards of several scientific journals. 他曾在几家科学杂志的编辑委员会任职。 She sits on various advisory boards. 她是各种咨询委员会的成员。 a board member/meeting 董事会成员/会议 discussions at board level 董事会讨论 - board of somebody/something
The decision was approved by the museum's board of trustees. 这个决定得到了博物馆董事会的批准。 - (North American English)
the Board of Education (= a group of elected officials who are in charge of all the public schools in a particular area) 管理地方公立学校的教育委员会
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb2She put her ideas to the board. 她把构思提交给了委员会。 The project will go to the board for consideration. 这个项目将提交委员会考虑。 He became one of the first foreigners to be appointed to the board of a major Japanese company. 他成为第一批被任命为日本一家大公司董事会成员的外国人之一。 He's chairman of the BBC's board of governors. 他是英国广播公司董事会主席。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- advisory
- editorial
- executive
- …
- be on
- serve on
- sit on
- …
- member
- meeting
- board of
- at board level
- chairman of the board
- a member of the board
- …
- [countable]
used in the name of some organizations （用于机构名称） the Welsh Tourist Board (= responsible for giving tourist information) 威尔士旅游局
Extra ExamplesThe exams are set by the Cambridge Examining Board. 考试由剑桥考试委员会制定。 All boxers are examined by medical officers from the British Boxing Board of Control. 所有拳击手都由英国拳击管理委员会的医务人员进行检查。
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the meals that are provided when you stay in a hotel, guest house, etc.; what you pay for the meals （旅馆、招待所等提供的）伙食，膳食；膳食费用 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- half
- board and lodging
- room and board
- boards[plural] (old-fashioned, US English)
exams that you take when you apply to go to college in the US （美国大学的）入学考试 - the boards[plural] (old-fashioned, informal)
the stage in a theatre 舞台 - the boards[plural] (North American English)
the low wooden wall surrounding the area where a game of ice hockey is played （冰球场周围的）界墙 see also above board, mortar board
piece of wood, etc.木板等
in sports体育运动
group of people班子
organization机构
meals膳食
exams考试
in theatre剧院
ice hockey冰球运动
Word OriginOld English bord, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boord and German Bort; reinforced in Middle English by Old French bort ‘edge, ship's side’ and Old Norse borth ‘board, table’.
Idioms
across the board
go by the board
on board
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on or in a ship, an aircraft or a train 在船上（或飞机上、火车上） giving your support to an idea or a project 支持
sweep the board
to win all the prizes, etc. in a competition （在比赛中）囊括所有奖项
take something on board
to accept and understand an idea or a suggestion 采纳，接纳（主意、建议）