scaffolding
scaffolding — 名詞
1. a temporary framework of metal tubes and wooden planks, put up around a building
鷹架
建築工地用的臨時工作平台
a temporary framework of metal tubes and wooden planks, put up around a building so construction workers can stand on it to reach and work on the high outside parts
The builders put up scaffolding before starting work on the roof repairs.
建築工人在開始修理屋頂之前搭起了鷹架。
put up + scaffolding
Nkechi watched the workers climb the scaffolding outside her office block.
Nkechi 看著工人爬上她辦公大樓外面的鷹架。
After the storm, the scaffolding around the old church had partly collapsed.
暴風雨過後，老教堂周圍的鷹架部分倒塌了。
scaffolding around [building]
Children must never play on scaffolding — it is not a playground.
兒童絕不能在鷹架上玩耍——那不是遊樂場。
play on scaffolding — warning context
The painting crew took down the scaffolding once the south wall was finished.
油漆團隊在南面牆壁完成後拆除了鷹架。
take down + scaffolding
- erect scaffolding
- put up scaffolding
- take down scaffolding
- dismantle scaffolding
- climb the scaffolding
- scaffolding collapses
文法句型
scaffolding + around/outside + building
用法筆記
Scaffolding is uncountable in this sense. To refer to a single platform, say 'a scaffold' or 'a piece of scaffolding.'
常見錯誤
2. an underlying structure or set of ideas that holds something up and gives it sha
支撐架構
支撐想法或制度的基礎結構
an underlying structure or set of ideas that holds something up and gives it shape — used figuratively to describe the basic support behind an argument, system, or organisation
Dimitri used the old theory as scaffolding for his own research project.
Dimitri 把舊理論當作他研究計畫的支撐架構。
use [X] as scaffolding for [Y]
The peace agreement provided the scaffolding for a new democratic government.
和平協議為新的民主政府提供了支撐架構。
Without the scaffolding of family support, Fatima would have struggled to finish her degree.
沒有家庭支持的支撐架構，Fatima 要完成學位會很吃力。
the scaffolding of [abstract noun]
Liang used the recipe cards his grandmother left behind as scaffolding for his own cookbook.
Liang 把祖母留下的食譜卡當作寫自己食譜書的支撐架構。
Once the team felt confident, they removed the scaffolding of strict daily rules.
團隊有了信心之後，便移除了嚴格日常規則的支撐架構。
remove the scaffolding — figurative use
- provide the scaffolding for
- act as scaffolding for
- the scaffolding of democracy
- intellectual scaffolding
- remove the scaffolding
- framework
more common and neutral; lacks the temporary-support metaphor of scaffolding
- backbone
implies strength and permanence, not a temporary structure
- foundation
the base you build on — stays in place; scaffolding is removed after construction
- skeleton
suggests an internal hidden structure, not an external temporary one
文法句型
scaffolding of + noun
act as scaffolding for
provide the scaffolding for
用法筆記
Always singular and uncountable. Used figuratively: the scaffolding is temporary support that can be taken away once the main structure (idea, system, skill) stands on its own.