two-by-fours原文：MyfrustrationwasexacerbatedwhenIrealizedthatmanyofmyfellowHomeDepotshoppers,someofwhomhadseemedtometohavetheintellectualcapacityofthetwo-by-fourstheywerebuying,wereeffortlesslytacklingandsucces

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two-by-fours
原文：My frustration was exacerbated when I realized that many of my fellow Home Depot shoppers,some of whom had seemed to me to have the intellectual capacity of the two-by-fours they were buying,were effortlessly tackling and successfully completing projects far more complex than mine.

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two-by-four ['tu:bai,fɔ:]
adj.
[美国英语]
2英寸×4英寸的,2英尺×4英尺的,
[口语]小的,狭窄的
不重要的；蹩脚的
n.
1.2英寸×4英寸木材
2.狭小的房间
two-by-four ['tu:bai,fɔ:]