a block of wood

基本解释

The cheapest model iPad 2 (that isn't just a block of wood): $499 (that's without 3G).
iPad2最最便宜的型号（当然还不至于直接给你一块儿木头），要卖499美元，那还是没有3G的价格。
They started out by asking participants toexamine one of two objects—a soft blanket or a block of wood.
起初，他们让被试检查一两个物体——柔软的毛毯或者坚硬的木块。
She placed a cushion under his head, and offered him some water; he rejected the latter, and tossed uneasily on the former, as if it were a stone or a block of wood.
她把一个靠垫枕在他的头下，给他一点水喝。他拒绝喝水，又在靠垫上不舒服地翻来复去，好像那是块石头或是块木头似的。

So Bush sheathed it in a block of wood shaved into the shape of his own calf.
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