scaffold

🇬🇧 UK/'skæfәld/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A temporary framework for workers on a building; an elevated platform for executing criminals

脚手架;绞刑台,断头台

v.

To erect scaffolding around a building; to provide support for

搭脚手架;支撑,支持

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
scaffoldother
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Common Collocations

  • 1.erect a scaffold搭建脚手架
  • 2.mount the scaffold走上绞刑台
  • 3.scaffold poles脚手架杆
  • 4.[scaffold structure]脚手架结构

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Workers climbed the scaffold to repair the crumbling facade of the old church.

  • 2.

    The condemned man walked calmly to the scaffold as the crowd fell silent.

  • 3.

    The scaffold surrounding the historic building will be removed once renovations are complete.

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