touchwood for [purpose]
They gathered touchwood for the campfire.
他们收集火绒用于篝火。
火绒
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火绒
touchwood
They gathered touchwood for the campfire.
他们收集火绒用于篝火。
用作火绒的腐木;火绒木
Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.
Dry fungus makes excellent touchwood for lighting a fire on a rainy day.
干燥的菌类是很棒的火绒,适合在雨天生火。
She stored the touchwood in a waterproof pouch so it would stay dry.
她把火绒放在防水袋里,这样可以保持干燥。
Without touchwood, starting a fire in the damp forest is nearly impossible.
没有火绒,在潮湿的森林里生火几乎是不可能的。
They gathered touchwood for the campfire.
他们收集火绒用于篝火。
Survivors used touchwood as tinder.
幸存者用火绒作为引火物。
Not this
Touchwood, I will get the job.
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Touch wood, I will get the job.
表示迷信的短语是'touch wood',而'touchwood'是名词,意为火绒。
Not this
He touchwooded the fire.
Use this
He used touchwood to start the fire.
Touchwood是名词,不能用作动词,应作为宾语使用。
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