A hard, heavy wood, yellowish-brown and often getting darker with age, from a tall tree that grows in South and Southeast Asia — India, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia. It holds a natural oil, which is why water and insects damage it far less than other woods, and that is why it was used for ships' decks and is still used for garden furniture, boats and good indoor furniture.

A hard, heavy wood一種又硬又重的木材 yellowish-brown and often getting darker with age呈黃棕色，隨著時間會越變越深 from a tall tree that grows in South and Southeast Asia來自生長在南亞和東南亞的高大樹木 India, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia印度、緬甸、泰國、印尼 It holds a natural oil它含有天然的油脂 which is why water and insects damage it far less than other woods這就是為什麼水和蟲害對它的傷害比其他木材小得多 and that is why it was used for ships' decks and is still used for garden furniture, boats and good indoor furniture也是為什麼它以前被用在船的甲板上，現在仍然被用在庭院家具、船隻、以及優質的室內家具上

It is expensive, and "teak" in an advertisement is meant to sound solid and lasting. The word works as a noun ("made of teak") and stands in front of another noun like an adjective ("a teak table", "teak doors").

It is expensive它很貴 and "teak" in an advertisement is meant to sound solid and lasting廣告裡出現'teak'這個字，就是想聽起來堅固、耐用 The word works as a noun這個字可以當名詞用 ("made of teak")（'made of teak'柚木做的） and stands in front of another noun like an adjective也可以像形容詞一樣放在另一個名詞前面 ("a teak table", "teak doors")（'a teak table'一張柚木桌、'teak doors'柚木門）

It also names the tree itself.

It also names the tree itself它也可以直接指這種樹本身

Because so much old-growth teak has been cut, real teak is now controlled and sometimes illegally logged — you may meet the word in that kind of news story too.

Because so much old-growth teak has been cut因為太多老柚木已經被砍伐 real teak is now controlled and sometimes illegally logged現在真正的柚木受到管制，有時候還會被非法砍伐 you may meet the word in that kind of news story too你也可能在這類新聞報導裡遇到這個字