- [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；木頭；木料；木柴 
He chopped some wood for the fire. 他劈了些柴燒火。 a piece of wood 一塊木頭 a plank /block of wood 木板/木塊 All the furniture was made of wood. 這裏所有的家具都是用木料制作的。 The house had dark wood floors. 這間房子用的是黑木地板。 furniture made of a variety of different woods 用各種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，把舊木頭砍掉，把嫩莖縮短。
Extra ExamplesTopics Physics and chemistrya2I made a coffee table out of a few bits of wood. 我用幾塊小木頭做了一個咖啡桌。 Over the years, much of the wood in the house had rotted. 過了這麽多年，房子的木頭很大一部份都腐朽了。 Pine is a soft wood. 鬆木屬於軟木。 She pruned the dead wood from the tree. 她把樹上的枯枝剪了下來。 She stained the wood green. 她把木頭漆成了綠色。 The cabinet is made of cherry wood. 櫃子是櫻桃木做的。 The chapel has some interesting works in wood and marble. 教堂裏有一些引人注目的木質和大理石結構。 The direction of the wood grain influences the composition of the carving. 木頭紋路的方向影響雕刻的構造。 The pub had dark wood panelling. 這家酒館用的是黑木鑲板。 The wood was too green to burn. 這些木頭太潮，點不着。 There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall. 牆邊整齊地放着幾堆引火柴。 Traditionally wood was seasoned in the open air. 傳統上木材是露天風幹的。 We carve the moulds in wood. 我們用木頭刻模子。 We gathered wood for the fire. 我們找些木柴來生火。 When using a plane, be sure to follow the grain of the wood. 用刨子時一定要順着木頭的紋理。 a wardrobe in a mahogany wood finish 桃花心木貼面的衣櫥 the sound of splintering wood 木頭裂開的聲音 varnish that retains the natural wood look 保留天然木紋的漆
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 樹林；林地 
a large wood 一大片樹林 - in the woods
a walk in the woods 在樹林中散步 - in a wood
a clearing in the wood 林中空地
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographya2We descended through an oak wood to the village below. 我們穿過一片橡樹林，來到下面的村子。 the largest ancient wood in Scotland 蘇格蘭最大的古森林 a cabin deep in the woods of Maine 緬因州林區深處的小屋 We came to a clearing in the woods. 我們來到林中的一片空地。 She wandered through the woods. 她信步穿過林區。 He wandered through the beech wood. 他信步穿過山毛榉樹林。
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 （保齡球戲的）木瓶 - [countable]
a golf club with a large head, that was usually made of wood in the past 木頭球杆（舊時通常有木制頂部的高爾夫球棒）
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 尚未擺脫困境；尚未渡過難關 We’re not out of the woods yet, you know. 你知道，我們還沒脫離險境。
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 見樹不見林
touch wood (British English)
(North American English knock on wood)