clapboard是什么意思
- 英式英标[\'klæbɚd]
- 美式音标[\'klæpbɔːd; \'klæbəd]
n. 护墙板；桶板
vt. 遮以护墙板
adj. 装有护墙楔形板的
英文词源
- clapboard (n.)
- 1520s, partial translation of Middle Dutch klapholt (borrowed into English late 14c. as clapholt), from klappen "to fit" + Low German holt "wood, board" (see holt). Compare German Klappholz. Originally small boards of split oak, imported from northern Germany and cut by coopers to make barrel staves; the meaning "long, thin board used for roofing or to cover the exterior of wooden buildings" is from 1640s, American English.
实用例句
- 1. There is a clapboard among casing, right an electric machinery.
- 箱体中间有一块隔板, 右边一个电机.
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- 2. But vintage clapboard buildings and weathered Chinese storefronts still adorn this tropical town.
- 但是,老式的建筑物和风化的隔板,中文的店面依然装饰点着这个热带的城市.
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