scaffolds

柯林斯詞典

scaffold /?sk?f?ld, -??ld/ (scaffolds)

• 1. N-COUNT A scaffold was a raised platform on which criminals were hanged or had their heads cut off. 絞刑臺

  Ascending the shaky ladder to the scaffold, More addressed the executioner. 摩爾沿著搖搖晃晃的梯子登上絞刑臺，跟行刑人說了話。

• 2. N-COUNT A scaffold is a temporary raised platform on which workers stand to paint, repair, or build high parts of a building. 腳手架

  They were standing on top of a giant scaffold. 他們站在一個巨大的腳手架頂上。

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