wooden 音标拼音: [w'ʊdən]
a . 木制的;呆板的,笨拙的
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wooden adj 1 :
made or consisting of (
entirely or in part )
or employing wood ; "
a wooden box "; "
an ancient cart with wooden wheels "
2 :
lacking ease or grace ; "
the actor '
s performance was wooden ";
"
a wooden smile "
Wooden \
Wood "
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a .
1 .
Made or consisting of wood ;
pertaining to ,
or resembling ,
wood ;
as ,
a wooden box ;
a wooden leg ;
a wooden wedding .
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2 .
Clumsy ;
awkward ;
ungainly ;
stiff ;
spiritless .
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When a bold man is out of countenance ,
he makes a very wooden figure on it . --
Collier .
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His singing was ,
I confess ,
a little wooden . --
G .
MacDonald .
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{
Wooden spoon }.
(
a ) (
Cambridge University ,
Eng .)
The last junior optime who takes a university degree , --
denoting one who is only fit to stay at home and stir porridge . "
We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus ." --
Macaulay .
(
b )
In some American colleges ,
the lowest appointee of the junior year ;
sometimes ,
one especially popular in his class ,
without reference to scholarship .
Formerly ,
it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies .
{
Wooden ware },
a general name for buckets ,
bowls ,
and other articles of domestic use ,
made of wood .
{
Wooden wedding }.
See under {
Wedding }.
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97 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wooden ":
arid ,
awkward ,
barren ,
blah ,
blank ,
bloodless ,
blunt ,
blunt -
witted ,
buckram ,
bumbling ,
cardboard ,
characterless ,
clumsy ,
cold ,
colorless ,
dead ,
deadpan ,
dim ,
dim -
witted ,
dismal ,
dopey ,
draggy ,
drearisome ,
dreary ,
dry ,
dryasdust ,
dull ,
dull of mind ,
dull -
headed ,
dull -
pated ,
dull -
witted ,
dusty ,
effete ,
elephantine ,
empty ,
etiolated ,
expressionless ,
fade ,
fat -
witted ,
fishy ,
flat ,
gauche ,
glassy ,
gross -
headed ,
halting ,
ham -
handed ,
heavy ,
heavy -
handed ,
hebetudinous ,
ho -
hum ,
hollow ,
impassive ,
inane ,
inept ,
inexcitable ,
inexpressive ,
insipid ,
jejune ,
leaden ,
lifeless ,
low -
spirited ,
maladroit ,
muscle -
bound ,
obtuse ,
pale ,
pallid ,
pedestrian ,
plodding ,
pointless ,
poker -
faced ,
poky ,
ponderous ,
slow ,
slow -
witted ,
sluggish ,
solemn ,
spiritless ,
sterile ,
stiff ,
stilted ,
stodgy ,
stuffy ,
superficial ,
tasteless ,
tedious ,
thick -
brained ,
thick -
headed ,
thick -
pated ,
thick -
witted ,
thickskulled ,
unexpressive ,
unhandy ,
unhappy ,
unlively ,
vacant ,
vapid ,
weighty
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