1530s, from wood (n.) + -en (2). Figurative use by 1560s. Wooden nickel "counterfeit coin, worthless token" is from 1916, American English. Related: Woodenly; woodenness.
雙語例句
1. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards.
美國早期的風(fēng)向標(biāo)大多截自平直的木板。
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2. They would have liked bare wooden floors throughout the house.
他們本想在整個房間的木地板上都不鋪地毯的。
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3. To avoid damaging the tree, hammer a wooden peg into the hole.
為了不毀壞樹，用錘子將一個木栓釘進洞里。
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4. Patterson pointed toward a plain cardboard box beneath a long wooden table.
帕特森指著長木桌下的一個普通的紙板箱。
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5. Now look yonder, just beyond the wooden post there.