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driftwood

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Nature, Water
drift·wood /ˈdrɪftwʊd/ noun [uncountable]  DNTTWwood floating in the sea or left on the shore 漂流木,浮木〔指在海上漂流或被海水冲上岸的木头〕
Examples from the Corpus
driftwoodThe floodwater, carrying branches and driftwood, was over the roadway on the curved iron bridge.He saw the horseshoe cove, dammed off from the sea by driftwood and ice.It is here that the road pulls you back to the pounding sea and a shoreline littered with huge driftwood logs.I poked at its decomposing body with a long driftwood stick, working to turn it over.Mr. Novak placed them in a 35 gallon tank containing three large Echinodorus Sword plants and a great deal of driftwood.But here you are, turned up like a piece of driftwood.She adds to the fire with driftwood.Frustrated designers constructed elaborate beach retreats with driftwood, bamboo poles, and Laura Ashley sheets.
drift·wood nounChineseSyllable
floating in sea the the shore left or Corpus wood on


driftwood
driftwood /ˈdrɪftwʊd/ noun [uncountable]
wood floating in the sea or left on the shore


drift·woodBrE /ˈdrɪftwʊd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdrɪftwʊd/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] wood that the sea carries up onto land, or that floats on the water 浮木,漂流木(海水冲上岸或在水中漂流的木头)