woodwork

木製部分、木工品

ドアや窓枠など、木でできた物や建物の部分。

やさしい英語で： Objects or parts of a building made of wood, such as doors and window frames.

• The woodwork needs painting.
• We cleaned the windows and polished the woodwork.
• The house still has its original carved woodwork.

類義語： woodworking

よく使う表現： paint the woodwork, carved woodwork, polish the woodwork

隠れ場所、人目につかない場所

人が突然現れるときなどにいう、それまで隠れていた目立たない場所。

やさしい英語で： A hidden or unnoticed place, especially when people suddenly appear from it.

• Strangers came out of the woodwork.
• When money was mentioned, relatives emerged from the woodwork.
• Critics crawled out of the woodwork after the announcement.

使い方： come out of the woodwork (Old acquaintances came out of the woodwork after she became famous.)

類義語： hiding, obscurity

よく使う表現： out of the woodwork, from the woodwork

ゴールの枠

サッカーなどのゴールを囲む左右の柱と上の横棒。

やさしい英語で： The posts and top bar around a goal in sports such as football.

• His shot hit the woodwork.
• The ball bounced off the woodwork and rolled away.
• Our team struck the woodwork twice before scoring.

類義語： goal frame

よく使う表現： hit the woodwork, off the woodwork, against the woodwork