collect firewood
collect firewood 是常见搭配,表示捡拾或收集木柴。
We spent the morning collecting firewood.
我们花了一上午收集木柴。
木柴
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
木柴
wood used as fuel
We spent the morning collecting firewood.
我们花了一上午收集木柴。
用于燃烧的木材,通常用于取暖
Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.
用作燃料的木材
wood used for fuel
We need to buy some firewood before the winter storm arrives.
我们需要在冬季暴风雪来临前买些木柴。
AI contextual example
After the rain, the firewood was too wet to light.
雨后,木柴太湿,点不着。
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They stored the firewood in the shed to keep it dry.
他们把木柴存放在棚子里以保持干燥。
AI contextual example
they collected and cut their own firewood
他们自己捡柴、劈柴。
WordNet
collect firewood 是常见搭配,表示捡拾或收集木柴。
We spent the morning collecting firewood.
我们花了一上午收集木柴。
firewood 通常作不可数名词,表示用作燃料的木材。
They burn firewood to heat the cabin.
他们烧木柴给小屋供暖。
firewood 常与 pile、stack 等量词搭配,表示堆叠的木柴。
There is a pile of firewood by the shed.
棚子旁边有一堆木柴。
use...as firewood 表示把某物当作木柴来使用。
We used the old fence as firewood.
我们把旧栅栏当作木柴用了。
Not this
He picked up a firewood.
Use this
He picked up a piece of firewood.
firewood 是不可数名词,不能直接用 a 修饰;表示“一块木柴”要用 a piece of firewood 这类量词结构。
Not this
We bought a bundle firewood.
Use this
We bought a bundle of firewood.
firewood 是不可数名词,与 bundle 等单位词连用时需用 of 连接,即 a bundle of firewood,不能直接并列。
Not this
The firewood is important in rural areas.
Use this
Firewood is important in rural areas.
泛指“木柴”这类物质时,不可数名词前不加 the;加 the 会变成特指某批木柴,不符合泛指语境的含义。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
劈木柴
Every morning he chops firewood for the stove.
他每天早晨为炉子劈木柴。
拾柴
The children went into the forest to gather firewood.
孩子们到森林里去拾柴。
堆放木柴
We stacked the firewood next to the shed to keep it dry.
我们把木柴堆放在棚子旁边以保持干燥。
烧木柴
This fireplace burns firewood very efficiently.
这个壁炉烧木柴效率很高。
一堆木柴
A large pile of firewood stood by the cabin wall.
小屋墙边放着一大堆木柴。
自己砍柴的人,会暖和两次。
The family stored the firewood in the shed to keep it dry.
这家人把木柴存放在棚子里,使其保持干燥。
发短 /ʊ/ 音 (如 good, book)
Use firewood naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想:fire(火)+wood(木头),能烧火的木头就是木柴。
语域:neutral 常见场景:家庭取暖、户外野营、壁炉使用 firewood 是中性常用词,多用于日常口语和书面语,指用作燃料的木柴。没有明显的正式或非正式色彩,较正式场合也可使用。
firewood 末尾的 /wʊd/ 与 wood、good、hood、stood、could、would 押韵。注意拼写相似的 food /fuːd/ 发音不同;flood /flʌd/ 和 blood /blʌd/ 中的 oo 读 /ʌ/,不要按 firewood 的拼读方式读。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.