| 单词 | scaffold |
| 释义 | scaffold (once / 900 pages) nv An elevated temporary platform is called a scaffold. The scaffold is used because it is much safer and efficient to have workers and their materials on a platform than scrambling up and down ladders all day. A scaffold is also the platform on which criminals used to be executed publicly by hanging or beheading. If you watch a lot of swashbuckler movies, you'll have seen depictions of a helpless person being threatened with beheading by a villain on a scaffold in a crowded square. Suddenly, out of the crowd a hero appears and saves the day, after which they ride off into the sunset. WORD FAMILYscaffold: scaffolded, scaffolding, scaffolds+/scaffolding: scaffoldings USAGE EXAMPLESSometimes the story, in all its magnificent ridiculousness, seems like mere scaffolding, propping up the ritual of the performance. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) So I managed to get permission to clamp a remote camera high up on the scaffolding supporting the TV studio. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) The scaffold also needs to be able to contract, because this is the process that moves the intestine's contents along. Nature(Dec 20, 2016) 1n a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers Hyper arrangement an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging 2n a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) Hyper platform a raised horizontal surface 3v provide with a scaffold for support scaffold the building before painting it Hyper hold, hold up, support, sustain be the physical support of; carry the weight of |
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