deadwood

n.

枯枝，碎屑，朽木；死木；

1. The boss tried to get rid of some deadwood in the company.
   老板打算淘汰公司的一些米虫。
2. The methods used have helped enormously in cutting out deadwood.
   这些方法在废物利用方面起了相当大的作用。

Biodiversity in Deadwood
Deadwood biomass: an underestimated carbon stock in degraded tropical forests?
Influence of deadwood on density of soil macro-arthropods in a managed oak-beech forest.
Mergers, acquisitions, and pruning of management deadwood
Standing deadwood for keystone bird species in the eastern boreal forest: Managing for snag dynamics.
Mergers, Acquisitions, and the Pruning of Managerial Deadwood
CHARACTERISTICS AND ORIGINS OF DEADWOOD MATERIAL IN ASPEN‐DOMINATED BOREAL FORESTS
Effects of forest-fuel harvesting on the amount of deadwood on clear-cuts.
Assessing impacts of intensified biomass removal on deadwood in European forests
Deadwood as a surrogate for forest biodiversity: Meta-analysis of correlations between deadwood volume and species richness of sapro...