| 单词 | dead wood |
| 释义 | dead wood noun[U] uk/ˌded ˈwʊd/us/ˌded ˈwʊd/peopleor things that are nolongeruseful: 废人，冗员；废物Sheclearedout thedeadwoodassoonas she took over thecompany.她接管公司后立即辞退了冗员。 Too much and unnecessary
dead wood| American Dictionarydead wood noun[U] us/ˈded ˌwʊd/people,esp.employees, who are nolongeruseful: When she took over theagency, shestreamlinedtheoperationby gettingridof a lot of dead wood. dead wood| Business Englishdead wood noun[U] (USusuallydeadwood)ukuspeopleor things that are nolongerusefuloreffective: Wethinkthat 76% of allretailmoneyisinvestedinfundswhich areeffectivelydeadwood. get rid of/clear out the dead woodIf thecompanyis toimproveitsperformance, itneedsto take thisopportunityto getridof some of the deadwood. Examplesofdead wooddead wood The canopy is very open causing exposed conditions within the forest, anddeadwoodabove the forest floor is usually very dry. From theCambridge English Corpus They found no difference in the amount ofdeadwoodby decomposition class among life zones. From theCambridge English Corpus To estimate the annualdeadwoodnet accumulation, all quadrats and transects were resampled again 1 y later. From theCambridge English Corpus Deadwoodin the form of snags anddead-woodpatches a ccounted for approximately 40% of all foraging observations. From theCambridge English Corpus Decomposition state (solid, partially decomposed, fully decomposed) was noted for each piece of fallendeadwood. From theCambridge English Corpus Deadwoodis an important component of forest ecosystems. From theCambridge English Corpus The amount of totaldeadwoodwas 3- to 14-fold greater in burned forests compared with unburned forests. From theCambridge English Corpus The decomposition rates ofdeadwoodcan not be understood without information about the saprotrophic organisms involved. From theCambridge English Corpus After three years, the two sole survivors were seedlings which had established ondeadwood. From theCambridge English Corpus The molluscan infauna ofdeadwoodwas also included, but no sieving for soil infauna was attempted. From theCambridge English Corpus This may provide a basis for understanding the possible slower turnover rates ofdeadwoodin wetter life zones. From theCambridge English Corpus The turnover rate ofdeadwoodwas lowest in the moist forest life zone where climatic conditions seemed to be most favourable for decomposition. From theCambridge English Corpus Also, lianas may entangle many pieces ofdeadwoodin the canopy and delay their fall to the ground. From theCambridge English Corpus These are mainly generalist parasitoids which use their very long ovipositors to attack hosts living deep indeadwood. From theCambridge English Corpus The moisture content of thedeadwoodin the moist and especially the wet forest could be too high for many wood-rotting fungal species to survive. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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