scaffold

名词 scaffold:

1. a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
2. a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers

动词 scaffold:

1. provide with a scaffold for support

1. He was about to be led to the scaffold when at the eleventh hour a messenger arrived bringing a royal pardon.
   就在他要被带上断头台的最后时刻，一名使者带来了女王的赦免令。
2. The brick-layer at the top of the scaffold is calling for more mortar.
   脚手架顶上的砌砖工人喊着要人再送些灰浆上去。
3. The worker fell down from the scaffold.
   那个工人从脚手架掉了下来。