Deadwood is a small city in the Black Hills of South Dakota, in the United States. In the 1870s it was a gold-rush town, noisy and rough, and it became famous as a place of the American Old West.

Deadwood（戴德伍德）is a small city in the Black Hills of South Dakota, in the United States是美國南達科他州黑山地區的一座小城市。In the 1870s1870年代，it was a gold-rush town, noisy and rough它曾是個吵鬧又粗獷的淘金鎮，and it became famous as a place of the American Old West並因此成為美國「舊西部」的知名地點。

Wild Bill Hickok, a well-known gunfighter, was shot in the back there in 1876 while he was playing cards. He and Calamity Jane, a woman famous for riding and shooting, are both buried in the cemetery above the town.

Wild Bill Hickok, a well-known gunfighter知名槍手Wild Bill Hickok（懷爾德·比爾·希科克）was shot in the back there in 1876 while he was playing cards1876年在那裡打牌時被人從背後開槍打死。He and Calamity Jane, a woman famous for riding and shooting他和以騎馬與槍法聞名的Calamity Jane（卡拉米蒂·珍）are both buried in the cemetery above the town都葬在鎮子上方的墓園裡。

People still visit for that history — and though actually, many also know the name from a television drama set there. Write it with a capital D: it is a place name, like Taipei.

People still visit for that history人們至今仍會為了這段歷史前去參觀——and though actually, many also know the name from a television drama set there不過，也有很多人是從一部以那裡為背景的電視劇認識這個地名的。Write it with a capital D要寫成開頭大寫的Deadwood：it is a place name, like Taipei因為它是地名，就像台北一樣。

The name itself is simply dead + wood; the hills around the town had many dead trees.

The name itself is simply dead + wood這個名字本身其實就是dead（死的）加wood（樹木）；the hills around the town had many dead trees因為鎮子周圍的山丘上有很多枯死的樹。

There is also a common English word deadwood, with a small d, for dead branches on a tree, or for people in a group who do no useful work. That is a different word in your head, even if it looks the same on the page.

There is also a common English word deadwood, with a small d另外還有一個開頭小寫的普通英文單字deadwood，for dead branches on a tree指樹上枯死的樹枝，or for people in a group who do no useful work或指團體裡不做事、沒有用處的人。even if it looks the same on the page雖然寫在紙上看起來一樣，That is a different word in your head但在你腦子裡，那是完全不同的一個詞。