Word · Frequency #15317
firewood
木柴
wood used as fuel
- 1.
Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.
用于燃烧的木材,通常用于取暖
- 2.
wood used for fuel
用作燃料的木材
用于燃烧的木材,通常用于取暖;用作燃料的木材
In use
We need to buy some firewood before the winter storm arrives.
After the rain, the firewood was too wet to light.
They stored the firewood in the shed to keep it dry.
they collected and cut their own firewood
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。
burn firewood
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。
a pile of firewood
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 sth as firewood
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。
Common mistakes
He picked up a firewood.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。
We bought a bundle firewood.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。
The firewood is important in rural areas.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。
Connections
Collocations
- chop firewood
- 劈木柴
- Every morning he chops firewood for the stove.他每天早晨为炉子劈木柴。
- gather firewood
- 拾柴
- The children went into the forest to gather firewood.孩子们到森林里去拾柴。
- stack firewood
- 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。
- burn firewood
- 烧木柴
- This fireplace burns firewood very efficiently.这个壁炉烧木柴效率很高。
- a pile of firewood
- 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。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想:fire(火)+wood(木头),能烧火的木头就是木柴。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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