scaffold

scaf·fold

S0115700 (skăf′əld, -ōld′)n.1. A temporary platform, either supported from below or suspended from above, on which workers sit or stand when performing tasks at heights above the ground.2. A raised wooden framework or platform.3. A platform used in the execution of condemned prisoners, as by hanging or beheading.tr.v. scaf·fold·ed, scaf·fold·ing, scaf·folds 1. To provide or support with a raised framework or platform.2. To place on a raised framework or platform.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin scaffaldus, of Old French origin.]

scaffold

(ˈskæfəld; -fəʊld) n1. (Building) a temporary metal or wooden framework that is used to support workmen and materials during the erection, repair, etc, of a building or other construction2. a raised wooden platform on which plays are performed, tobacco, etc, is dried, or (esp formerly) criminals are executedvb (tr) 3. to provide with a scaffold4. to support by means of a scaffold[C14: from Old French eschaffaut, from Vulgar Latin catafalicum (unattested); see catafalque] ˈscaffolder n

scaf•fold

(ˈskæf əld, -oʊld)

n. 1. a platform or framework for raising workers and materials during the erection, repair, or maintenance of a building or the like. 2. an elevated platform on which a criminal is executed, usu. by hanging. 3. any raised platform or stage. 4. any supporting framework. v.t. 5. to furnish with a scaffold or scaffolding. 6. to support by or place on a scaffold. [1300–50; Middle English scaffot, skaffaut, scaffalde < Old French escadafaut; akin to catafalque]

scaffold

Past participle: scaffolded
Gerund: scaffolding

Imperative
scaffold
scaffold

Present
I scaffold
you scaffold
he/she/it scaffolds
we scaffold
you scaffold
they scaffold

Preterite
I scaffolded
you scaffolded
he/she/it scaffolded
we scaffolded
you scaffolded
they scaffolded

Present Continuous
I am scaffolding
you are scaffolding
he/she/it is scaffolding
we are scaffolding
you are scaffolding
they are scaffolding

Present Perfect
I have scaffolded
you have scaffolded
he/she/it has scaffolded
we have scaffolded
you have scaffolded
they have scaffolded

Past Continuous
I was scaffolding
you were scaffolding
he/she/it was scaffolding
we were scaffolding
you were scaffolding
they were scaffolding

Past Perfect
I had scaffolded
you had scaffolded
he/she/it had scaffolded
we had scaffolded
you had scaffolded
they had scaffolded

Future
I will scaffold
you will scaffold
he/she/it will scaffold
we will scaffold
you will scaffold
they will scaffold

Future Perfect
I will have scaffolded
you will have scaffolded
he/she/it will have scaffolded
we will have scaffolded
you will have scaffolded
they will have scaffolded

Future Continuous
I will be scaffolding
you will be scaffolding
he/she/it will be scaffolding
we will be scaffolding
you will be scaffolding
they will be scaffolding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scaffolding
you have been scaffolding
he/she/it has been scaffolding
we have been scaffolding
you have been scaffolding
they have been scaffolding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scaffolding
you will have been scaffolding
he/she/it will have been scaffolding
we will have been scaffolding
you will have been scaffolding
they will have been scaffolding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scaffolding
you had been scaffolding
he/she/it had been scaffolding
we had been scaffolding
you had been scaffolding
they had been scaffolding

Conditional
I would scaffold
you would scaffold
he/she/it would scaffold
we would scaffold
you would scaffold
they would scaffold

Past Conditional
I would have scaffolded
you would have scaffolded
he/she/it would have scaffolded
we would have scaffolded
you would have scaffolded
they would have scaffolded

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scaffold - a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)instrument of execution - an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned personplatform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
	2.	scaffold - a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workersscaffolding, staging - a system of scaffoldsarrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"
Verb	1.	scaffold - provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it"hold up, support, sustain, hold - be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

scaffold

noun gallows, block, gibbet He ascended the shaky ladder to the scaffold.

scaffold

nounA temporary framework with a floor, used by workmen:platform, scaffolding, stage.

Translations

断头台绞刑台

scaffold

(ˈskӕfəld) noun a raised platform especially for use formerly when putting a criminal etc to death. 斷頭臺，絞刑臺 断头台，绞刑台 ˈscaffolding noun an erection of metal poles and wooden planks used by men at work on (the outside of) a building. 鷹架 脚手架