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erect a scaffold around [building]
此处指建筑施工用的临时脚手架。
Workers erected a scaffold around the old church.
工人们在老教堂周围搭起了脚手架。
脚手架
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脚手架
A temporary structure or platform for workers to stand on while working on a building.
Workers erected a scaffold around the old church.
工人们在老教堂周围搭起了脚手架。
由脚手架搭成的结构,供工人在建筑物施工时站立。
A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
处决罪犯(绞刑或斩首)的平台
a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
处决罪犯的高架平台。
An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
为方便工人而在建筑物周围搭建的临时设施
a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
The workers put up a metal scaffold around the old church so they could repair the tower.
工人们在老教堂周围搭起了金属脚手架，以便修理塔楼。
Before painting the house, we checked that the scaffold was firmly anchored to the ground.
给房子刷漆前，我们检查了脚手架是否牢固地固定在地面上。
On large construction sites, workers often need several scaffolds for different parts of the building.
在大型建筑工地上，工人们往往需要几座脚手架来搭建建筑物的不同部位。
此处指建筑施工用的临时脚手架。
Workers erected a scaffold around the old church.
工人们在老教堂周围搭起了脚手架。
the scaffold 特指处决犯人的行刑台或绞刑台。
The prisoner was led to the scaffold at dawn.
囚犯在黎明时被带上了绞刑台。
该用法可表示支撑结构，也可比喻为学习等活动提供的框架。
These proteins provide a scaffold for the new tissue.
这些蛋白质为新组织提供了支撑支架。
Not this
The workers put up a scaffolding around the building.
Use this
The workers put up a scaffold around the building.
scaffolding 是不可数名词，不能直接与不定冠词 a 搭配；表示单个、具体的脚手架结构时应使用可数名词 scaffold（复数 scaffolds）。改后 a scaffold 才能与 a 连用。
Not this
The prisoner was executed at the scaffold.
Use this
The prisoner was executed on the scaffold.
表示在行刑台上被处死时，介词要用 on，因为人被置于行刑台的表面；at 只表示在某个地点附近，并不表示在台面上，所以应说 on the scaffold。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
搭建脚手架
Workers erected a scaffold beside the old church.
工人在老教堂旁边搭起了脚手架。
脚手架坍塌
Two workers were injured in a scaffold collapse.
两名工人在脚手架坍塌中受伤。
在绞刑架上；在断头台上
The traitor died on the scaffold.
那名叛徒死在断头台上。
脚手板
The workers stacked the scaffold boards by the wall.
工人们把脚手板堆在墙边。
为……提供支架或支持
The teacher provided a scaffold for the students' writing.
老师为学生的写作提供了教学支架。
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把 scaffold 拆成 scaf(联想 scale 攀爬) + fold(折叠)：可折叠的攀爬架，工人站在上面施工。
语域：neutral 常见场景：construction sites、building renovation、building maintenance 指“脚手架”时语气中性，多用于建筑施工、房屋维修等场景。日常口语里更常说 scaffolding，但书面和新闻语境中用 scaffold 也很自然。
真正与 scaffold /ˈskæfəld/ 押韵的是 baffled /ˈbæfəld/ 和 raffled /ˈræfəld/，重音及后面的 /æfəld/ 相同。folded、manifold、tenfold、unfold 虽然拼写含 -fold，但都读 /foʊld/，与 scaffold 的结尾 /fəld/ 不同，注意区分。
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