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noun: a [sheet/panel] of drywall
drywall 通常作不可数名词；要表达数量时，用 a sheet/panel of drywall。
We replaced the damaged wall with a sheet of drywall.
我们用一块干式墙板更换了损坏的墙壁。
石膏板
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
石膏板
a wide flat board made of plaster, wood pulp, or other material, used to cover walls or partitions and form the interior walls of houses
We replaced the damaged wall with a sheet of drywall.
我们用一块干式墙板更换了损坏的墙壁。
一种建筑材料,由夹在两张厚纸之间的石膏板组成,主要用于内墙和天花板。
A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
用于覆盖墙壁或隔板的宽平板；由石膏或木浆等材料制成,主要用于构成房屋的内墙
a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses
用这种材料制成的墙。
A wall made of this.
不用灰浆或水泥砌筑的石墙。
A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.
They hired a contractor to hang drywall in the new bedroom.
他们雇了一位承包商在新卧室里安装石膏板。
A heavy picture pulled the screw out of the drywall, so we hung it in a different place.
一幅很重的画把螺丝从石膏板里拉了出来，所以我们把它挂到了另一个地方。
She measured the wall twice before cutting the drywall to size.
她量了两次墙，才把石膏板切成合适的尺寸。
drywall 通常作不可数名词；要表达数量时，用 a sheet/panel of drywall。
We replaced the damaged wall with a sheet of drywall.
我们用一块干式墙板更换了损坏的墙壁。
drywall 作动词是及物动词，意为“用干式墙覆盖”，常用于装修语境。
They drywalled the entire basement over the weekend.
他们周末给整个地下室安装了干式墙。
Not this
Yesterday we drywall the living room.
Use this
Yesterday we drywalled the living room.
drywall 作动词表示“给……贴石膏板”时，过去式是 drywalled。汉语没有时态变化，容易漏掉 -ed；这里有 yesterday，谓语应用过去式。
Not this
They drywalled on the ceiling.
Use this
They drywalled the ceiling.
drywall 作动词是及物动词，后面直接接被覆盖的墙面或顶棚，不需要介词 on。受汉语“在……上”的影响常会多加 on，应删去介词，把名词作宾语。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
安装干式墙
We hired a contractor to install drywall in the new office.
我们雇了一位承包商为新办公室安装干式墙。
干式墙安装
Drywall installation requires careful measuring and cutting.
干式墙安装需要仔细测量和切割。
干式墙螺钉
Use a drywall screw to attach the panel to the stud.
用干式墙螺钉将板固定到立柱上。
干式墙修补
I need to do some drywall repair after removing the old shelf.
拆掉旧架子后，我需要做一些干式墙修补。
干式墙接缝
The drywall joints were covered with tape and compound.
干式墙接缝用胶带和填缝料覆盖了。
干式墙接缝带
Apply drywall tape over the seams before mudding.
在抹灰前把干式墙接缝带贴在接缝上。
Use drywall naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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dry（干）+ wall（墙）：想象装修时先装好干燥的石膏板，墙面就“干”净利落、可直接刷漆。
语域：neutral 常见场景：家庭装修、建筑施工 drywall 是中性常用词，多用于家庭装修和建筑施工，指用作室内墙面的石膏板。
These words rhyme with the final -wall of drywall when the vowel is /ɑ/: wall, firewall, fall, call, hall. Dry only matches the first sound /draɪ/, not the ending. Beware of the lookalikes dry well (/ˌdraɪ ˈwɛl/) and dryly (/ˈdraɪli/), which look similar to drywall but are pronounced differently.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.