Word · Frequency #15073
placards
布告；海报；标语牌
placards is the plural of placard.
a sign or notice displayed in a public place, especially as an advertisement
- 1.
A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.
公共场所展示用的公告纸板。
- 2.
a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
公共场所张贴的广告
- 3.
The woodwork and frame of the door of a closet etc.
壁橱等门的木框和框架。
公共场所展示用的公告纸板。；公共场所张贴的广告；壁橱等门的木框和框架。；公告；布告
In use
The workers held up a placard demanding fair wages.
A large placard outside the theater advertised the evening performance.
She read the placard on the museum wall to learn about the exhibit.
a placard + [v-ing phrase]
后接现在分词短语作后置定语，说明标语牌上所写内容。
A placard reading 'Save the Whales' was tied to the fence.
一张写着‘拯救鲸鱼’的标语牌被绑在栅栏上。
placard + [place]
动词placard意为“在（某处）贴满标语牌”，直接接地点名词作宾语。
The organizers placarded every entrance.
组织者把每个入口都贴满了标语牌。
be placarded with + [content]
被动语态后常用with引出所贴的标语或海报内容。
Connections
Collocations
- hold up a placard
- 举起标语牌
- Protesters held up placards demanding change.抗议者举起标语牌，要求变革。
- put up a placard
- 张贴海报；张贴布告
- They put up placards to advertise the event.他们张贴海报来宣传这次活动。
- read a placard
- 阅读布告；看告示
- Visitors read the placard before entering the exhibition.参观者在进入展览前阅读了告示。
- placard a wall
- 在墙上贴海报；用海报贴满墙壁
- The activists placarded the walls with protest slogans.活动人士用抗议标语贴满了墙壁。
Synonyms
- poster
- 海报；招贴画 · poster 多指带图像、用于宣传或装饰的大幅海报；placard 更强调公告或标语牌，常为手写或打印的文字通知。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把placard拆成pla+card，想象成“place（地点）+card（卡片）”：公共场所贴出的卡片，就是布告、海报、标语牌。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：public demonstrations、storefront notices、exhibition signs 指在公共场所张贴或展示的告示、海报或标语牌，语气较正式，比较常见于书面和正式场合；日常口语中更常说 sign 或 poster。
Pronunciation & Spelling
按所给读音，placard 的 -card 不读 /kɑrd/，而读 /kɝd/，其中结尾的 /ɝd/ 与 curd /kɝd/、heard /hɝd/ 相同。拼写相似但读音不同：card /kɑrd/、postcard /ˈpoʊstkɑrd/。开头 plac- 的发音更像 plaque /plæk/。hazard 还说明 -ard 在非重读音节可读 /ɚd/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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