1. 木材;木料；木頭
    Wood is the material which forms the trunks and branches of trees.

    e.g. Their dishes were made of wood...
           他們的盤子是木制的。
    e.g. There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil.
           有潮濕的木料和機油的氣味。

2. 樹林，林子（美國英語通常用woods）
    A wood is a fairly large area of trees growing near each other. You can refer to one or several of these areas as woods, and this is the usual form in American English.

    e.g. After dinner Alice slipped away for a walk in the woods with Artie...
           晚餐后艾利斯溜出去跟阿蒂到林子里散步。
    e.g. About a mile to the west of town he came upon a large wood.
           他在鎮(zhèn)子以西約一英里處偶遇一大片林地。

3. see also: dead wood

4. 仍未擺脫困境(或問題)
    If something or someone is not out of the woods yet, they are still having difficulties or problems.

    e.g. The nation's economy is not out of the woods yet.
           該國經(jīng)濟尚未擺脫困境。

5. 上天保佑(表示希望繼續(xù)走好運)
    You can say 'touch wood' in British English, or 'knock on wood' in American English, to indicate that you hope to have good luck in something you are doing, usually after saying that you have been lucky with it so far.

    e.g. She's never even been to the doctor's, touch wood...
           她從未看過病，希望她一直好運。
    e.g. Touch wood, I've been lucky enough to avoid any other serious injuries.
           老天保佑，我一直很幸運，別的重傷都躲過了。

6. your neck of the woods -> see neck
    can't the wood for the trees -> see tree