deadwood

中文： 枯木、冗员、无用之人

1. Dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris. (countable, uncountable)
2. People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)
3. Money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)
4. Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley. (countable, uncountable)
5. Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement. (countable, uncountable)
6. Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space. (countable, uncountable)
7. Cards in a hand that do not contribute to sets and which are usually counted as points against the player holding the hand. (countable, uncountable)
8. Cards that have been discarded. (countable, uncountable)

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