英语单词“scaffold”的意思是:支架,脚手架; 执行死刑的平台,台座。
读音:/skefld/ 或 /'ske:fld/,常常读作其本音或像在教室内看到的讲台上同学们挥洒汗水进行各种项目时的'stage(舞台'的意思)时的发音
例句:
1. The executioner climbed up the scaffold and prepared to take his place. 刽子手爬上断头台,准备就位。
2. The prisoner was hanged on the scaffold. 犯人被绞死在断头台上。
3. The scaffold was covered with flowers. 脚手架上覆盖着鲜花。
4. They carried a ladder up to the scaffold. 他们把梯子扛到脚手架上去。
5. She lay on the ground, her head on a wooden scaffold. 她躺在地上,头枕在一个木制脚手架上。
6. A gang of youths threatened to climb up the scaffolding to beat him up. 一群年轻人威胁说要爬上脚手架来打他。
7. Workers set up scaffolding to build a bridge. 工人们搭建了脚手架以修建桥梁。
8. There were men working on the scaffolding with picks and shovels. 在脚手架上有工人拿着镐和铲在工作。
9. She stepped up onto the wooden scaffolding with her daughter in tow. 她领着女儿走上了木头脚手架。
10. She held onto the iron railing and stepped carefully onto the scaffolding. 她紧紧抓住铁栏杆,小心翼翼地走上了脚手架。
此外,“scaffold”也有“在支架上或支架状的物体上搭起脚手架以便施工或作业”的意思,比如建筑工地上的脚手架等。在某些情况下,“scaffold”也可引申为“比喻起关键作用的事物”,如“教育改革的scaffolding”就是指为教育改革提供指导、帮助和保护的机制或过程。因此,“scaffold”一词的使用需要根据语境来判断其具体含义。