- 1柴房、木柴間（放柴火的小棚子）
A woodshed is a small simple building, often with open sides, where firewood is kept dry until you burn it. It sits next to the house on farms and in the countryside, and it is usually rough — not a room you would .
A woodshed is a small simple buildingwoodshed 是一種小小的簡單建築，often with open sides通常側邊是開放的，where firewood is kept dry until you burn it用來讓木柴保持乾燥，直到你要拿去燒為止。It sits next to the house on farms and in the countryside它通常蓋在農場或鄉間房子的旁邊，and it is usually rough而且通常很粗糙——not a room you would decorate不是那種你會去裝飾的房間。
In older stories the woodshed is also where a father took a child for a , out of sight of everyone, so 'to take someone out to the woodshed' still means to punish or someone hard in private, and among American politicians and journalists it means the same thing about a person who has their group.
In older stories the woodshed is also where a father took a child for a spanking在較早的故事裡，woodshed 也是父親帶小孩去打屁股的地方，out of sight of everyone避開所有人的視線，so 'to take someone out to the woodshed' still means to punish or scold someone hard in private所以 'to take someone out to the woodshed' 至今仍表示私底下狠狠懲罰或責罵某人，and among American politicians and journalists it means the same thing about a person who has embarrassed their group在美國政治人物和記者之間，這句話也用來指讓自己團體丟臉的人。
There is a second, warmer use among jazz musicians in America: 'to woodshed' (as a verb) means to go away alone and practise your instrument hard for hours, because that is exactly where you would go so nobody had to hear it. So the word can mean a shed, a private , or serious lonely practice — the shed is the picture behind all three.
There is a second, warmer use among jazz musicians in America在美國爵士樂手之間，還有第二種比較溫和的用法：'to woodshed' (as a verb) means to go away alone and practise your instrument hard for hours'to woodshed'（當動詞）意思是獨自跑去躲起來、拼命練習樂器好幾個小時，because that is exactly where you would go so nobody had to hear it因為那正是你會躲去、不讓任何人聽到的地方。So the word can mean a shed, a private scolding, or serious lonely practice所以這個字可以指一間柴房、一場私下的責罵，或認真孤獨的練習——the shed is the picture behind all three柴房這個畫面就是這三個意思背後共同的圖像。
core核心畫面
組成wood + shed. 'Shed' here is a small rough building for storing things — the same shed as a garden shed, not the verb 'to shed tears'.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
woodshednoun/ˈwʊdˌʃɛd/
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An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood.
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informalA place where punishments or reprimands are administered.
- The State Department is incensed, and if this conference fails it will be the woodshed for three Central American presidents.
- Were you ever taken to the woodshed? Did anyone say, “Stop disagreeing with the president”?
woodshedverb/ˈwʊdˌʃɛd/
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slangentertainmentlifestylemusicTo practice or rehearse using a musical instrument.
- Recently, I have taken up the double bass again, but because time and neglect erode ability, calluses turn soft, and muscle memory fades, I need to woodshed (practice) to get back into shape and build up my chops.
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slangbroadcastingmediaTo practice or rehearse a script.
- In previous chapters, I've covered many ways to woodshed a script and dozens of techniques for bringing the words to life. Now, I'm going to suggest something completely different: Try performing your script completely cold the first time through.
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To self-isolate in order to work on one's artistic development or to produce work without interruptions.
- His latest novel sheds light on an émigré writer’s woodshedding period.
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