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scaffold
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈskæf.əʊld/ us /ˈskæf.foʊld/
scaffoldnoun[C] (FOR WORKING)
a structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on when they want to reach high parts of a building（建筑工人用的）脚手架
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US(UKcradle)
a frame that hangs on the side of a building, ship, etc. for people to work from（悬挂在建筑物、船等侧面供工作用的）脚手架，吊架，吊篮
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Physical supports and supporting
abutment
bearing
bolster
bookend
buoy
burden
buttress
groan
load-bearing
modillion
pier
pile
pillar
prop
prop something up
rafter
runner
sinew
underpin
weight-bearing
scaffoldnoun[C] (FOR EXECUTIONS)
a flat raised structure on which criminals are punished by having their heads cut off or by being hanged with a rope around the neck until they die断头台;绞刑台
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Death penalties
behead
boot
boots on the groundidiom
burn
capital offence
capital punishment
chair
condemn
death sentence
death warrant
decapitate
decapitation
firing squad
gibbet
guillotine
hang
hanging
hangman
stake
the electric chair
scaffold | American Dictionary
scaffold
noun[ C ]
us/ˈskæf·əld, -oʊld/
a structure workers can stand on while working on a building, or a structure from which to hang (= kill by hanging from a rope around the neck) criminals sentenced to death
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