on the [window/door] sill
window sill 指窗台,door sill 指门槛;sill 常与 on 搭配表示位置。
He left his keys on the window sill.
他把钥匙留在了窗台上。
底梁;底槛
马车的辕杆;构成框架或支撑结构最底部的连续水平木构件;位于较老沉积岩层之间的平坦(通常水平)火成岩体;船闸底部用于闸门关闭的槛或边缘;颅骨鼻口底部的隆起区域
a horizontal timber or beam forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
马车的辕杆
The shaft or thill of a carriage.
构成框架或支撑结构最底部的连续水平木构件
structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
A threshold; horizontal structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings, or lying on the ground, and bearing the upright portion of a frame; a sill plate.
位于较老沉积岩层之间的平坦(通常水平)火成岩体
(geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.
船闸底部用于闸门关闭的槛或边缘
A threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
颅骨鼻口底部的隆起区域
A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
He wiped dust from the sill before opening the window.
他打开窗户前擦掉了窗台上的灰尘。
用法提示:sill 为名词,指窗台,此处作介词 from 的宾语。
A small bird landed on the sill and looked into the room.
一只小鸟落在窗台上,朝屋里张望。
用法提示:sill 是名词,指窗台,在句中作 on 的宾语。
She painted the sill of the kitchen window white last weekend.
她上周末把厨房窗户的窗台漆成了白色。
用法提示:sill 为名词,指窗台,此处作动词 painted 的宾语。
window sill 指窗台,door sill 指门槛;sill 常与 on 搭配表示位置。
He left his keys on the window sill.
他把钥匙留在了窗台上。
这个结构比 the window sill 稍正式,两者意思相同。
Dust had gathered on the sill of the bedroom window.
灰尘积在卧室窗户的窗台上。
threshold 只用于门口,不能指窗台;在表示门底槛时可与 sill 互换,但更侧重入口处那道横木或石条。
ledge 常指窗台或岩石等窄平的凸出部分,强调平面而不强调承重;在“窗台”义上可与 sill 互换,但不能指门底槛或框架底梁。
grammar · medium
易错句子The cat is sitting in the window sill.
正确表达The cat is sitting on the window sill.
窗台是一个水平的平面,表示物体位于其表面时应用介词 on,而不是 in。in 表示在某个空间或容器的内部,窗台并不是一个封闭的空间,所以用 in 不自然。
grammar · medium
易错句子He made a sill mistake.
正确表达He made a silly mistake.
sill 是名词,意为“窗台”或“门槛”;silly 是形容词,意为“愚蠢的”。在修饰名词 mistake 时需要用形容词,因此应把 sill 改为 silly。
此处取sill作“门槛、窗台、底梁”等底部水平构件的含义;lintel是位于门窗洞口上方的对应水平构件,两者位置相反,不可互换。
sill 指门窗框最底部的结构横木或窗台;ledge 泛指墙上、岩石上窄长的平凸出部分,如 a window ledge 可以说成窗台,但 a cliff ledge 就不是 sill。
sill 是门框底部实实在在的横木;threshold 指门口的门槛或进入某处的起点,也常用于比喻,如 on the threshold of 表示“即将开始”。
sill 与 silt 形近音近,但 sill 指门窗框底部的横木或窗台,silt 指水流带来的泥沙;不要把 window sill 误写成 window silt。
窗台
The cat sat on the window sill.
猫坐在窗台上。
门底槛;门槛
He tripped on the door sill.
他被门槛绊了一下。
窗台高度
The sill height is about 90 centimeters.
窗台高度约为90厘米。
底梁;墙底槛
The house's sill plate is bolted to the foundation.
房子的底梁用螺栓固定在地基上。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.