scaf·fold /ˈskæfəld ||ˌfold/
腳手架,絞刑台
Scaf·fold n.
1. A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc.
Pardon, gentles all,
The flat, unraised spirits that have dared
On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth
So great an object. --Shak.
2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation. --Sir P. Sidney.
3. Metal. An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyères in a blast furnace.
Scaf·fold, v. t. To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
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scaffold
n 1: a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or
beheaded)
2: a temporary arrangement erected around a building for
convenience of workers
v : provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building
before painting it"