deadwood
枯木,枯木逢春,朽木,枯枝
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Definitions
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- : the dead branches on a tree; dead branches or trees.
- : useless or burdensome persons or things: He cut the deadwood from his staff.
- : unnecessary words, phrases, or exposition; expendable verbiage: This could be a thoughtful and incisive essay if you get rid of the deadwood.
- : Nautical. a solid construction, serving only as reinforcement, located between the keel of a vessel and the stem or sternpost.
- : Bowling. pins remaining on the alley after having been knocked down by the ball.
- : Cards. Rummy.cards in a hand that have not been included in sets and are usually counted as points against the holder.Poker.cards that have been discarded.
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Examples
I thought for a minute that I had put on my Deadwood DVD by mistake.
In 2004, I was in grad school, and Deadwood, The Wire, and The Sopranos were all on HBO.
For the time being, the girls are living with friends in Deadwood, South Dakota.
Milch, who wrote such superb shows as NYPD Blue and Deadwood and also penned Luck, is a disgrace as well.
Ferguson later quipped, "Better plywood leadership than deadwood leadership!"
Mollett's theory is that it is better to cut away every inch of deadwood which is not absolutely necessary for preventing leeway.
Three hours later Billy and the sobered tenderfoot pulled into Deadwood.
For the moment Napoleon's little neighbor was troubled by no sense of duty; the only question was how to reach Deadwood.
Several months before, it had been the custom to send a “treasure-coach” twice a week from Deadwood to Sidney, Nebraska.
We had a premonition that Elise wouldn't want the deadwood of Jimmie's former Division.