| 释义 |
●come/crawl out of the ˈwoodwork (informal, disapproving) if you say that sb comes/crawls out of the woodwork, you mean that they have suddenly appeared in order to express an opinion or to take advantage of a situation （为表达观点或得到好处）突然露面，纷纷出笼◆When he won the lottery, all sorts of distant relatives came out of the woodwork.他博彩中奖后，八竿子打不着的亲戚都突然登门造访。 NOTE These idioms refer to the fact that insects or small animals, especially unpleasant ones, often hide in holes in wooden parts of a room or building. 这些习语原指昆虫或小动物（尤其是有害动物）通常躲进房间或大楼内木制结构中的事实。 |