"deadwood" 怎么发音

word

US

/ˈdɛdˌwʊd/

DED-wuud

UK

/dˈɛdwʊd/

DED-wuud

释义

'Deadwood' refers to branches or trees that are no longer alive, or, in a figurative sense, to people or things that are no longer useful or needed, especially in an organization.

IPA 音标

美式英语

/ˈdɛdˌwʊd/

英式英语

/dˈɛdwʊd/

简化发音

美式

DED-wuud

英式

DED-wuud

语境中听

We need to remove the deadwood from the team to improve performance.

Several deadwood branches fell during the storm.

The manager wants to cut the deadwood from the company.

After the reorganization, a lot of deadwood was let go from the department.