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saw wood

/sɔː wʊd/

翻译: 过时的美国俚语表达,指睡觉时大声打鼾或睡得很沉;该说法戏谑地鼾声比作有节奏的锯木声。

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/sɔː wʊd/slangamerican已废弃
  • zh过时的美国俚语表达,指睡觉时大声打鼾或睡得很沉;该说法戏谑地鼾声比作有节奏的锯木声。

An old-fashioned American slang expression meaning to snore loudly while sleeping, or to be deeply asleep. The phrase humorously compares the sound of snoring to the rhythmic noise of sawing wood.

  1. Literal meaningA2formal

    To cut wood using a saw.

    zh锯木头

    • He spent the afternoon sawing wood for the fireplace.
    • The carpenter was sawing wood to build a table.
    • They sawed wood into planks for the new shed.
  2. Snoring loudlyB2informalamerican

    An informal idiom meaning to snore loudly while sleeping.

    zh大声打鼾

    • He was sawing wood so loudly that I couldn't sleep.
    • After the long hike, he fell asleep and started sawing wood.
    • She complained that her husband was sawing wood all night.