英['skæfəʊld]美['skæfoʊld]
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词源记忆法
来自中古英语scaffold,脚手架,临时搭的平台,来自古法语eschaffaut,高台,来自拉丁语scadafaltum,来自ex-,向外,catafalcum,高台,高的看台,可能来自cata-,向下,falcum,架子,平台,词源同balcony,balk.后引申词义断头台,绞刑架。
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noun(名词)
小知识
An elevated temporary platform is called a scaffold. The scaffold is used because it is much safer and efficient to have workers and their materials on a platform than scrambling up and down ladders all day.
A scaffold is also the platform on which criminals used to be executed publicly by hanging or beheading. If you watch a lot of swashbuckler movies, you'll have seen depictions of a helpless person being threatened with beheading by a villain on a scaffold in a crowded square. Suddenly, out of the crowd a hero appears and saves the day, after which they ride off into the sunset.