paling
paling — 名詞
- palingsingular
- palingsplural
1. a type of fence built from narrow, upright pieces of wood, often with pointed to
柵欄；籬笆
用窄木條製成的圍欄
a type of fence built from narrow, upright pieces of wood, often with pointed tops, placed side by side with a small gap between each piece
A white paling enclosed the garden, painted by the owner the previous summer.
一道白色柵欄圍住了花園，是屋主去年夏天漆的。
countable: a paling as a fence structure
The old paling around the property leaned badly after the strong winds last winter.
去年冬天的強風過後，房子周圍的舊柵欄已經嚴重傾斜。
singular form referring to the whole fence
The Watanabe family built a new wooden paling to separate their yard from the neighbours'.
渡邊家搭了一座新的木頭柵欄，把自家院子與鄰居的分隔開來。
Esme painted the paling white to match the new garden furniture.
Esme 把柵欄漆成白色，以搭配新的花園家具。
The wooden paling along the lane had stood there for over forty years.
那條小徑旁的木頭柵欄已經矗立了四十多年。
- picket fence
a more common term for a low wooden fence with pointed vertical boards, especially in American English
- fence
a general term; a paling is a specific style of fence with narrow upright boards
文法句型
a paling
palings
用法筆記
When used in the singular (a paling), the word usually refers to the fence structure as a whole. The plural form (palings) may refer either to multiple fences or to the individual pieces of wood that make up one fence.
常見錯誤
2. one of the long, thin, pointed sticks that are fixed vertically into the ground
木樁；籬笆樁
構成柵欄的單根尖木條
one of the long, thin, pointed sticks that are fixed vertically into the ground side by side to form a fence
Andrés pulled out a loose paling and knocked it back into place.
Andrés 拔出一根鬆動的木樁，重新把它敲回原位。
countable: a paling as an individual fence post
Two palings had rotted at the bottom and needed replacing before the fence collapsed.
有兩根籬笆樁的底部已經腐朽，需要更換，否則整排柵欄會倒塌。
Cyrus noticed one paling was cracked and marked it for replacement.
Cyrus 注意到有一根籬笆樁裂開了，於是做記號準備更換。
Each paling had been sanded smooth before the workmen painted it.
每根籬笆樁都用砂紙磨平之後，工人們才開始上漆。
文法句型
a paling
one of the palings
用法筆記
This sense refers to a single component of the fence rather than the whole structure. It is the same as 'pale' (sense 2 of that noun) or 'picket'. More common in British English than American.