英语词汇“scantling”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

scant·ling

(skăntlĭng, -lĭn)

1. A very small amount; a modicum.

2. A small timber used in construction.

3. The dimensions of a building material, especially the width and thickness of a timber.

4. often scantings Nautical The dimensions of the structural parts of a vessel.

[Alteration of Middle English scantlon, scantilon, carpenter's gauge, from Old French escantillon, alteration of *eschandillon, from Late Latin *scandiculum, alteration of scandāculum, ladder, gauge, from Latin scandere, to climb; see skand- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	scantling
释义	scant·ling (skăntlĭng, -lĭn) n. 1. A very small amount; a modicum. 2. A small timber used in construction. 3. The dimensions of a building material, especially the width and thickness of a timber. 4. often scantings Nautical The dimensions of the structural parts of a vessel. [Alteration of Middle English scantlon, scantilon, carpenter's gauge, from Old French escantillon, alteration of eschandillon, from Late Latin scandiculum, alteration of scandāculum, ladder, gauge, from Latin scandere, to climb; see skand- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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