scaffold
【脚手架,支架,断头台】
scaffold 是一个名词和动词,主要指建筑工地上的脚手架或支撑结构,也可用于比喻意义,指支持某个系统或过程的框架。
1. 名词 (noun)
🔹 scaffold [ˈskæfəʊld] / [ˈskæfəld] — 脚手架,支架,断头台
- (a) 建筑中的脚手架:指建筑工人用来站立、攀爬或施工的临时支撑架
- 例如:The workers erected a scaffold to repair the roof.
(工人们搭起了脚手架来修理屋顶。) - 例如:He climbed up the scaffold to paint the wall.
(他爬上脚手架粉刷墙壁。)
- 例如:The workers erected a scaffold to repair the roof.
- (b) 处决的绞刑架或断头台(旧义)
- 例如:Many prisoners were executed on the scaffold in the past.
(过去,许多囚犯在断头台上被处决。)
- 例如:Many prisoners were executed on the scaffold in the past.
- (c) (比喻义)支撑结构、框架:可以指一个支持某个系统、理论或过程的结构
- 例如:The theory serves as a scaffold for future research.
(这个理论是未来研究的支撑框架。)
- 例如:The theory serves as a scaffold for future research.
2. 动词 (verb)
🔹 to scaffold — 用脚手架支撑,为……搭建支撑结构(常用于教育和建筑)
- (a) 物理支撑:用脚手架支撑建筑或其他结构
- 例如:The engineers scaffolded the old bridge for maintenance.
(工程师们为旧桥搭建了脚手架进行维护。)
- 例如:The engineers scaffolded the old bridge for maintenance.
- (b) (教育领域)提供学习支撑:在教学中逐步提供帮助,使学习者更容易掌握新知识(scaffolding 教学法)
- 例如:Teachers should scaffold students' learning by providing step-by-step guidance.
(教师应该通过逐步指导来帮助学生学习。)
- 例如:Teachers should scaffold students' learning by providing step-by-step guidance.
3. 常见短语
- scaffold tower:脚手架塔
- The workers used a scaffold tower to clean the windows.
(工人们使用脚手架塔来清洁窗户。)
- The workers used a scaffold tower to clean the windows.
- learning scaffold:学习支架(教育中的辅助教学方式)
- The teacher provided a learning scaffold to help students solve the problem.
(老师提供了学习支架来帮助学生解决问题。)
- The teacher provided a learning scaffold to help students solve the problem.
- on the scaffold:在断头台上(旧义)
- The prisoner met his fate on the scaffold.
(囚犯在断头台上迎来了自己的命运。)
- The prisoner met his fate on the scaffold.
4. 近义词对比
词汇 | 含义 & 用法 | 例句 |
---|---|---|
framework | 结构,框架,强调整体支持结构 | The legal framework of the country is well-developed.(这个国家的法律框架很完善。) |
support | 支撑,支柱,可指物理上的或抽象上的支持 | The bridge needs extra support.(这座桥需要额外支撑。) |
platform | 平台,站台,可指物理平台或抽象意义上的支持 | Social media provides a platform for discussions.(社交媒体提供了一个讨论平台。) |
5. 总结
- scaffold (名词)
① 脚手架(建筑)
② 断头台(历史上)
③ 支撑结构(比喻意义) - scaffold (动词)
① 为……搭脚手架(建筑)
② 在教育中提供学习支撑(教学法)