词族 · woodshed
词形变化
英语词源
- woodshed (n.)
- "shed for keeping wood as fuel," 1799, from wood (n.) + shed (n.). Sometimes a euphemism for "outhouse." Figuratively, as the place for private punishment, by 1907, American English colloquial.
权威例句
- 1. The swallows are nesting in the woodshed.
- 燕子正在小棚里筑巢呢.
- 2. The woodshed burned down in half an hour.
- 那间柴屋只半个小时就给烧光了.
- 3. Then when Mrs. Arable complained, he was moved to a bigger box in woodshed.
- 艾若博夫人抱怨后, 便把他挪到木棚里一个稍大的箱子里.
- 4. The next morning, the uncle opened the woodshed to find the frail aunt frozen to death.
- 天亮了, 叔叔开了柴房一看,血气衰弱的婶婶早冻死在那儿了.