scaffold
翻譯
鷹架, 絞刑台
例句
The builders put up a scaffold.
建築工人們搭起了一個鷹架。
The criminal was led to the scaffold.
罪犯被帶到了絞刑台。
文法模式
((a/the scaffold)) 鷹架 They are erecting a scaffold around the church.
((the scaffold)) 絞刑台 He was sentenced to the scaffold.
近義詞
同義詞: platform, framework, gallows
詞源
源自古法語「eschafaut」，詞源不確定。
記憶技巧
可以聯想為給建築工人提供「安全摺疊 (safe fold)」的平台。它還有一個陰森的歷史含義。