a scantling
作为可数名词,指一小块木材,尤用于建筑作立柱。
He selected a scantling from the pile of lumber.
他从木堆中选了一块小材。
立柱
木材、石料等的规定尺寸,或用于建造船舶、飞机的材料规格。;建筑中使用的小型直立木梁,尤指截面小于五英寸见方者。;呈小梁和碎片状的木材。;小块木材;少量
an upright in house framing
木材、石料等的规定尺寸,或用于建造船舶、飞机的材料规格。
The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.
建筑中使用的小型直立木梁,尤指截面小于五英寸见方者。
A small, upright beam of timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square.
呈小梁和碎片状的木材。
Timber in the form of small beams and pieces.
The builder installed a new scantling to keep the wall straight.
建筑工人安装了一根新的立柱,以保持墙壁笔直。
用法提示:scantling 为可数名词,此处指房屋框架中的一根立柱。
All the scantlings in the old house are made from oak.
老房子里所有的立柱都是用橡木制成的。
用法提示:scantling 使用复数形式 scantlings,表示房屋中的多根立柱,作主语。
She measured the scantling carefully before cutting it to size.
她在把立柱切割成所需尺寸之前仔细测量了它。
用法提示:scantling 与定冠词 the 连用,指特定的一根框架立柱,作宾语。
作为可数名词,指一小块木材,尤用于建筑作立柱。
He selected a scantling from the pile of lumber.
他从木堆中选了一块小材。
The framework was built from pine scantlings.
这个框架是用松木小材建造的。
表示少量,用法较古旧。
We had only a scantling of flour left.
我们只剩一点点面粉了。
grammar · medium
易错句子I need some scantling for the frame.
正确表达I need a scantling for the frame.
英语中'scantling'是可数名词,表示'小块木材'时常用单数加冠词或复数形式。中文学习者可能受中文量词影响,误当作不可数名词使用。
grammar · medium
易错句子This is a scantling board.
正确表达This is a scantling.
'scantling'是名词,不能用作形容词修饰其他名词。中文学习者可能因词尾'-ing'而误认为它是形容词。
scantling 指小块木材或建筑立柱,而 scant 是形容词,表示量少或不充足
scantling 为建筑术语,scandal 指涉及不道德行为的公众事件,拼写相近但意义不同
scantling 指建筑中使用的木材或立柱,scaffolding 指搭建的临时支撑结构,二者都是建筑相关但所指不同
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