| 释义 |
scaffold /skæfəʊld; name skæfoʊld/ [countable] a platform used when executing criminals by cutting off their heads or hanging them from a rope断头台；绞刑架◆he knew he was destined to die on the scaffold.他知道自己注定要被送上断头台。scaffold/ˈskæfəʊld ||; ˈskæfold/noun [c] a platform on which criminals were killed in past times by hanging 断头台；绞刑台 scaf·fold /`skæfḷd; ˈskæfəld/n [c] 1. a temporary structure built next to a building or high wall, for people to stand on while they work on the building or wall 脚手架，施工架 2. a structure with a raised stage, used in the past for legally executing (execute) criminals ［旧时的］绞刑架; ［行斩刑的］刑台，断头台 |