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scaffold

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n.[建] 脚手架,绞刑台

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动词过去式:scaffolded 过去分词:scaffolded 现在分词:scaffolding 第三人称单数:scaffolds

scaffold


/'skæfəʊld; `skæfold/
n
1 frame made of long metal tubes put up next to a building so that builders, painters, etc can work on it, or to support a platform 脚手架; 建筑架.
2 platform on which criminals are executed 绞架; 断头台
*go to the scaffold, ie be executed 上断头台.

scaffold


n[C]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old North French;Origin: escafaut, from Vulgar Latin catafalicum; CATAFALQUE]
a structure built next to a wall, for workers to stand on while they build, repair, or paint a building
a raised structure which was used in the past as a place to kill criminals by hanging them or cutting off their heads
AmE a structure that can be moved up and down to help people work on high buildings
British Equivalent: cradle