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
scaffolds — plural of scaffold
行刑台；绞刑台；支撑结构；支架；教学支架；教学脚手架；高架尸架；露天停尸台；炉瘤；高炉结瘤
A temporary structure or platform for workers to stand on while working on a building.
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
一些美洲原住民部落用来按仪式处理尸体的高架平台。
An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.
高炉风口上方由粘附、部分熔合的材料堆积形成的架状或穹顶状堵塞物。
An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
为其他材料提供支撑的结构。
A structure that provides support for some other material.
教学脚手架中的一种手段,即通过协作并随后逐渐撤除支持来内化学习的框架或支持。
A device in scaffolding, i.e. the provision of a framework or support for achieving an intended outcome of internalizing learnings by way of collaboration and later gradual withdrawal of support.
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。
用法提示：scaffold 为名词，指供工人站立施工的临时架子。
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。
用法提示：这里用单数 scaffold 表示整座脚手架，是名词作主语。
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。
用法提示：scaffolds 是名词复数，表示多套脚手架。
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。
scaffold 是可数名词，指具体的一副脚手架；scaffolding 多为不可数名词，指脚手架系统或材料的总称。在表示单个架体时不宜直接用 scaffolding 替代。
staging 常指一组临时搭起的平台，也可指舞台布景；在建筑施工场景中可作 scaffold 的近义词，但更侧重平台而非整体围护架体，且使用频率相对较低。
grammar · medium
易错句子The workers put up a scaffolding around the building.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子The prisoner was executed at the scaffold.
正确表达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。
scaffold 指可数的一座脚手架，如供工人站立的那座结构；scaffolding 是不可数名词，强调脚手架的整套杆件、跳板等材料或整体设施。
scaffold 侧重建筑施工中临时的、可拆除的架子；framework 多指理论、计划或物体内部的基本框架结构，常是永久性的或抽象的，不含‘临时’或‘施工’意味。
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。
脚手架常见于建筑施工现场，为工人提供作业平台。
工人在脚手架上站立和进行施工操作。
脚手架通常搭设在建筑物周围，便于外墙等施工。
脚手架本身是一种由杆件搭成的临时支撑结构。
脚手架是临时搭建的设施，工程结束后会拆除。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.