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語源

From wood +‎ block.

名詞

woodblock (plural woodblocks)

1. A woodcut.
2. (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick.
3. (printing) A wooden block used as a printing form.

   Synonym: woodcut

   • 2006, Kim Tae Joon, “Literature from Exiles”, in Lee Kyong-hee, transl., Korean Travel Literature‎, Ewha Womans University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106:

     In 1569 Choe Bu’s grandson, Yu Hi-chun, published the book in a wood block edition at Jeongju, Pyeongan Province.

4. (philately) The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.

派生語

• woodblockist
• woodblock printing

動詞

woodblock (third-person singular simple present woodblocks, present participle woodblocking, simple past and past participle woodblocked)

1. To print with a woodcut.
2. To floor or pave with blocks of wood.

Further reading

• wood block on Wikipedia.Wikipedia