- [uncountable, countable]
the hard material that the trunk and branches of a tree are made of; this material when it is used to build or make things with, or as a fuel 木；木头；木料；木柴 
He chopped some wood for the fire. 他劈了些柴烧火。 a piece of wood 一块木头 a plank /block of wood 木板/木块 All the furniture was made of wood. 这里所有的家具都是用木料制作的。 The house had dark wood floors. 这间房子用的是黑木地板。 furniture made of a variety of different woods 用各种不同的木材制作的家具 In the spring, cut out the old wood and shorten the young stems (= of bushes, etc.). 春天，把旧木头砍掉，把嫩茎缩短。
Extra ExamplesTopics Physics and chemistrya2I made a coffee table out of a few bits of wood. 我用几块小木头做了一个咖啡桌。 Over the years, much of the wood in the house had rotted. 过了这么多年，房子的木头很大一部份都腐朽了。 Pine is a soft wood. 松木属于软木。 She pruned the dead wood from the tree. 她把树上的枯枝剪了下来。 She stained the wood green. 她把木头漆成了绿色。 The cabinet is made of cherry wood. 柜子是樱桃木做的。 The chapel has some interesting works in wood and marble. 教堂里有一些引人注目的木质和大理石结构。 The direction of the wood grain influences the composition of the carving. 木头纹路的方向影响雕刻的构造。 The pub had dark wood panelling. 这家酒馆用的是黑木镶板。 The wood was too green to burn. 这些木头太潮，点不着。 There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall. 墙边整齐地放着几堆引火柴。 Traditionally wood was seasoned in the open air. 传统上木材是露天风干的。 We carve the moulds in wood. 我们用木头刻模子。 We gathered wood for the fire. 我们找些木柴来生火。 When using a plane, be sure to follow the grain of the wood. 用刨子时一定要顺着木头的纹理。 a wardrobe in a mahogany wood finish 桃花心木贴面的衣橱 the sound of splintering wood 木头裂开的声音 varnish that retains the natural wood look 保留天然木纹的漆
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hard
- soft
- dark
- …
- bit
- block
- piece
- …
- carve
- chop
- cut
- …
- splinter
- rot
- burn
- …
- chip
- shavings
- pulp
- …
- in wood
- the grain of the wood
- [countable] (also woods [plural])
an area of trees, smaller than a forest 树林；林地 
a large wood 一大片树林 - in the woods
a walk in the woods 在树林中散步 - in a wood
a clearing in the wood 林中空地
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographya2We descended through an oak wood to the village below. 我们穿过一片橡树林，来到下面的村子。 the largest ancient wood in Scotland 苏格兰最大的古森林 a cabin deep in the woods of Maine 缅因州林区深处的小屋 We came to a clearing in the woods. 我们来到林中的一片空地。 She wandered through the woods. 她信步穿过林区。 He wandered through the beech wood. 他信步穿过山毛榉树林。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- dense
- thick
- …
- in the wood
- into the wood
- through the wood
- …
- deep in the woods
- the edge of the woods
- the middle of the woods
- …
- [countable]
a heavy wooden ball used in the game of bowls （保龄球戏的）木瓶 - [countable]
a golf club with a large head, that was usually made of wood in the past 木头球杆（旧时通常有木制顶部的高尔夫球棒）
Word OriginOld English wudu, from a Germanic word related to Welsh gwŷdd ‘trees’.
Idioms
neck of the woods
not out of the woods
- (informal)
not yet free from difficulties or problems 尚未摆脱困境；尚未渡过难关 We’re not out of the woods yet, you know. 你知道，我们还没脱离险境。
not see the wood for the trees (British English)
(North American English not see the forest for the trees)
to not see or understand the main point about something, because you are paying too much attention to small details 见树不见林
touch wood (British English)
(North American English knock on wood)