Scaffold



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 脚手架 ( 造房时搭的架子)
• ［英］ n. 脚手架 ( 造房时搭的架子) ( a temporary wooden or metal framework for supporting workmen and materials)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French scaffald, alteration of Old French eschaafauz, escafaut, alteration of chaafaut, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum — more at catafalque
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a temporary or movable platform for workers (as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground
  • b. a platform on which a criminal is executed (as by hanging or beheading)
  • c. a platform at a height above ground or floor level
• 2. a supporting framework

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