scaffold
scaffold — 名詞
1. A temporary framework of metal poles and wooden boards that is built around a bu
鷹架
建築工地供工人站立施工的臨時架構
A temporary framework of metal poles and wooden boards that is built around a building or other tall structure, giving workers a place to stand while they construct, repair, or clean the upper parts.
The construction workers carefully climbed the metal scaffold to reach the third floor.
建築工人小心翼翼地爬上金屬鷹架，抵達三樓的高度。
climb + scaffold + to reach [location]
A strong wind knocked over the wooden scaffold behind the old church.
一陣強風吹倒了老教堂後方的木製鷹架。
Camila refused to work on the scaffold until the safety rails were fixed.
Camila 在安全欄杆固定好之前，拒絕在鷹架上工作。
The scaffold outside the office building made it hard for sunlight to enter.
辦公大樓外的鷹架讓陽光很難照進室內。
Tariro checked every joint of the scaffold before allowing anyone onto it.
Tariro 仔細檢查了鷹架的每一個接頭，才允許任何人上去。
文法句型
a/the scaffold
scaffolds (plural)
用法筆記
In British English, the uncountable form scaffolding is often preferred when referring to the entire structure around a building ('the building was covered in scaffolding'), while a scaffold typically refers to a single platform or standing area within that system.
常見錯誤
2. A platform that is suspended by ropes or cables from the top of a building, brid
吊架
懸掛於建築物或船隻側面的工作平台
A platform that is suspended by ropes or cables from the top of a building, bridge, or ship, allowing workers to reach parts of the structure that are hard to access from the ground.
The window cleaners used a hanging scaffold to reach the top floors of the hotel.
洗窗工人使用吊架來清洗飯店高樓層的窗戶。
hanging scaffold + used to reach [high location]
Adina felt nervous when the hanging scaffold started to swing in the wind.
吊架在風中開始搖晃時，Adina 感到緊張。
The repair team lowered the suspended scaffold slowly down the side of the bridge.
維修團隊沿著橋梁側面緩緩降下懸吊式吊架。
Bao tied the ropes of the hanging scaffold twice before stepping onto the platform.
Bao 在踏上平台之前，將吊架的繩索綁了兩次。
Safety inspectors examined every cable on the hanging scaffold before work began.
安全檢查員在開始工作前仔細檢查了吊架的每一條纜繩。
- suspended scaffold
equivalent term, emphasising that the platform hangs from above rather than being supported from below
- swing-stage
a specific type of powered hanging scaffold that workers can raise and lower mechanically
- cradle
a small suspended platform used mainly for window cleaning on tall buildings
文法句型
a/the hanging/suspended scaffold
用法筆記
This sense is less common in everyday speech than the building-scaffold sense. Terms like hanging scaffold, suspended scaffold, and swing-stage are often used interchangeably, though swing-stage usually refers to a powered platform that can move up and down automatically.
3. A raised wooden structure used to carry out the execution of someone sentenced t
刑台
處決犯人的平台（行刑或斬首）
A raised wooden structure used to carry out the execution of someone sentenced to death, either by hanging or by beheading, especially in historical or legal contexts.
The prisoner was led up the wooden scaffold in front of the silent crowd.
囚犯在沉默的群眾面前被帶上木製刑台。
passive: be led up the scaffold
The novel describes the final moments of a woman who died on the scaffold.
這本小說描述了一名在刑台上死去的女子生命最後的時刻。
Nellie watched a drama about a rebel leader who was sent to the scaffold.
Nellie 觀看了一部關於一名被送上刑台的叛軍領袖的戲劇。
The executioner stood beside the scaffold and waited for the signal.
劊子手站在刑台旁，等待信號。
During the tour, Min saw the old scaffold still standing in the castle courtyard.
導覽途中，Min 看見城堡庭院裡仍豎立著的舊刑台。
- gallows
narrower meaning — specifically a frame used for execution by hanging, while scaffold covers both hanging and beheading
- block
specifically the wooden block on which a person places their head for beheading; a part of the scaffold rather than the whole structure
- gibbet
a cage or frame in which the body of an executed person was displayed after death
文法句型
the scaffold
be sent/led to the scaffold
die on the scaffold
用法筆記
This sense is almost exclusively found in historical writing, literature, and legal history. In modern contexts, execution is usually discussed through the specific methods (the gallows for hanging, the electric chair, etc.) rather than the generic scaffold.