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deadwood

/ded-wood/US // ˈdɛdˌwʊd //UK // (ˈdɛdˌwʊd) //

枯木,枯木逢春,朽木,枯枝

Related Words

unnecessary不需要,不必要,不需要的,不必要的peripheral外围,周边,外周,外围的petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎inessential非必要的,非必需的,非必要,非必需品dispensable可有可无,可有可无的,无关紧要,无用excessive过量,过量的,过大的,过大expendable消耗性的,消耗性,消耗品,消耗性物质extraneous外来的,外在的,外来的东西,外来人员insignificant不重要的,无足轻重,无关紧要,微不足道的superfluous冗长的,冗长,赘余的,赘余trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩unimportant不重要,不重要的,不要紧,不关痛痒excess baggage超重行李,超额行李,超限行李,超重行李费hanger-on食客,门客,食客们lagniappe滞销品,滞销产品,滞销商品,滞留spare备用的,剩余的,剩余,空闲时间spare tire备用轮胎,备胎,备用胎,备用车胎superfluity赘肉,赘生物,赘疣,多余的triviality小事一桩,微不足道,小事,微不足道的小事

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the dead branches on a tree; dead branches or trees.
    • : useless or burdensome persons or things: He cut the deadwood from his staff.
    • : unnecessary words, phrases, or exposition; expendable verbiage: This could be a thoughtful and incisive essay if you get rid of the deadwood.
    • : Nautical. a solid construction, serving only as reinforcement, located between the keel of a vessel and the stem or sternpost.
    • : Bowling. pins remaining on the alley after having been knocked down by the ball.
    • : Cards. Rummy.cards in a hand that have not been included in sets and are usually counted as points against the holder.Poker.cards that have been discarded.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as innonessential
Forms: deadwoods
Synonyms
unnecessary不需要,不必要,不需要的,不必要的inessential非必要的,非必需的,非必要,非必需品peripheral外围,周边,外周,外围的petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎dispensable可有可无,可有可无的,无关紧要,无用excess baggage超重行李,超额行李,超限行李,超重行李费excessive过量,过量的,过大的,过大expendable消耗性的,消耗性,消耗品,消耗性物质extraneous外来的,外在的,外来的东西,外来人员insignificant不重要的,无足轻重,无关紧要,微不足道的superfluous冗长的,冗长,赘余的,赘余trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩unimportant不重要,不重要的,不要紧,不关痛痒
as infifth wheel
Forms: deadwoods
Synonyms
hanger-on食客,门客,食客们lagniappe滞销品,滞销产品,滞销商品,滞留spare备用的,剩余的,剩余,空闲时间spare tire备用轮胎,备胎,备用胎,备用车胎superfluity赘肉,赘生物,赘疣,多余的third wheel第三轮,三轮,第三只轮子,三轮车triviality小事一桩,微不足道,小事,微不足道的小事

Examples

  • I thought for a minute that I had put on my Deadwood DVD by mistake.

  • In 2004, I was in grad school, and Deadwood, The Wire, and The Sopranos were all on HBO.

  • For the time being, the girls are living with friends in Deadwood, South Dakota.

  • Milch, who wrote such superb shows as NYPD Blue and Deadwood and also penned Luck, is a disgrace as well.

  • Ferguson later quipped, "Better plywood leadership than deadwood leadership!"

  • Mollett's theory is that it is better to cut away every inch of deadwood which is not absolutely necessary for preventing leeway.

  • Three hours later Billy and the sobered tenderfoot pulled into Deadwood.

  • For the moment Napoleon's little neighbor was troubled by no sense of duty; the only question was how to reach Deadwood.

  • Several months before, it had been the custom to send a “treasure-coach” twice a week from Deadwood to Sidney, Nebraska.

  • We had a premonition that Elise wouldn't want the deadwood of Jimmie's former Division.

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