plank of wood• Or a plank of wood on polystyreneblock?• I took with me, against my parents' will, a treasuredpossession: a plank of wood.• No handyplanks of wood, no convenientlengths of baler twinekindly left behind by a farmer.• The sixth one was called caterpillar it was two long planks of wood with poles coming out of it.• Inside was a field of mud, planks of woodthrown about.• The second task was to stand on some planks of wood which had been set out in a hexagon.• You can often find a colony by looking under large flatstones, planks of wood or rubblelying on the soil.• It looked like a condemnedstorefront, planks of wood everywhere, but through the corrugated tin door was a party.
plank of an argument/policy/campaign etc• The main plank of a campaign he hopes will overturn the Conservative's slender 1,400 majority in the seat.
Originplank
(1200-1300)Old North Frenchplanke, from Latinplanca, from plancus“flat”
1flat piece of wood木板;板條ADJECTIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤➤wooden木板▸➤loose鬆動的木板▸➤rotten腐爛的木板PHRASES➤a plank of wood一塊木板條plank
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2main point in a policy政策要點ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤central, key, main, major中心/關鍵/主要/重要內容◇The proposed law was a central plank in the manifesto.擬議中的法律是這項宣言的主旨。PREPOSITION➤plank in⋯中的要點◇Health and security will be key planks in the party's election campaign.健康和安全將是該黨在競選綱領中的關鍵點。➤plank of⋯的要點◇the main plank of the strategy該戰略的要點