wood
/ˈwʊd/KK
1.
木材；木頭
來自樹木、可用來建造、製作家具、燃燒或做成各種物品的硬質材料。
用法：說「一些木材」可用 some wood；說「一塊木頭」可用 a piece of wood 或 a piece of lumber。
My grandfather made this small table out of wood.
我祖父用木頭做了這張小桌子。
The school put in a new wood floor during summer vacation.
學校在暑假期間裝了一個新的木頭地板。
2.
樹林；林地
一片有許多樹木生長的地方，通常比森林小；此義最常用複數形式 woods。
用法：通常說 in the woods、walk through the woods，不說 in wood。
We took a short walk in the woods after lunch.
午餐後，我們到樹林裡散了一會兒步。
The children heard birds singing at the edge of the woods.
孩子們在樹林邊聽見鳥兒啼叫。
3.
木製高爾夫球桿；一號木桿
高爾夫球運動中，桿頭較大、主要用於遠距離擊球的一類球桿；雖然名稱如此，現代球桿通常不是木製。
用法：可數名詞。談某一支球桿時可說 a wood；特定類型常寫作 one-wood、three-wood 等。
He used a three-wood to hit the ball a long way.
他用三號木桿把球打得很遠。
The coach showed us when to use a wood and when to use an iron.
教練示範給我們看什麼時候用木桿，什麼時候用鐵桿。
常見錯誤
This chair is made by wood.
This chair is made of wood.
My father bought many woods to make a shelf.
My father bought a lot of wood to make a shelf.
We went hiking in the wood.
We went hiking in the woods.
There is a wood chair in the classroom.
There is a wooden chair in the classroom.
相關字詞
學習提示
・wood 指「木材」時不可數：wood furniture、some wood、a piece of wood。
・wood 作前置修飾語時也很常見，例如 wood floor、wood table；wooden 則更強調物品是木製的，例如 a wooden chair。
・the woods 是固定且常見的說法，意思是「樹林裡」；不要把它和不可數的 wood 混淆。