| 单词 | screed |
| 释义 | screed /skreed/, n. 1. a long discourse or essay, esp. a diatribe. 2. an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing. 3. Building Trades. a. a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered to serve as a guide for making a true surface. b. a wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like. c. a board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level. 4. Brit. Dial. a fragment or shred, as of cloth. 5. Scot. a. a tear or rip, esp. in cloth. b. a drinking bout. v.t. , v.i. 6. Scot. to tear, rip, or shred, as cloth. [1275-1325; ME screde torn fragment, irreg. (with sc- for sh-) repr. OE screade SHRED] |
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