Word
drywalls
石膏板
drywalls is the plural of drywall.
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
- 1.
A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
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。
- 2.
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
- 3.
A wall made of this.
用这种材料制成的墙。
- 4.
A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.
不用灰浆或水泥砌筑的石墙。
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。；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；用这种材料制成的墙。；不用灰浆或水泥砌筑的石墙。
In use
They hired a contractor to hang drywall in the new bedroom.
A heavy picture pulled the screw out of the drywall, so we hung it in a different place.
She measured the wall twice before cutting the drywall to size.
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。
verb: drywall [room/area]
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。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- install drywall
- 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。
- drywall installation
- 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。
- drywall screw
- 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。
- drywall repair
- 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。
- drywall joint
- 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。
- drywall tape
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.