stap
stap — 名詞
1. A long, narrow piece of wood that has been shaped and fitted together with other
桶板
構成桶壁的窄木板
A long, narrow piece of wood that has been shaped and fitted together with other identical pieces to form the curved side of a barrel, cask, tub, or similar container.
The old cooper shaped each oak stap with careful strokes of his drawknife.
老桶匠用刨刀仔細地修整每一塊橡木桶板。
passive: shaped + prep 'with [tool]'
Sari noticed one stap had warped, causing the barrel to leak around the middle seam.
Sari 發現有一塊桶板變形了,導致木桶從中間接縫處漏水。
causative: stap + warp + cause + result clause
Each oak stap is steamed and bent to form the curved wall of the cask.
每塊橡木桶板都經過蒸軟彎曲,以形成桶身的弧形壁面。
Imran counted twenty-four staps in the half-finished wine barrel.
Imran 數了數,那半完成的酒桶共有二十四塊桶板。
文法句型
[countable] stap + is/are; a/the stap + of [container]
用法筆記
The word 'stap' is a rare dialectal variant of 'stave'. In modern English, 'stave' is the standard term for a shaped wooden piece used in barrel-making. Learners are most likely to encounter 'stap' in historical texts or regional writing about cooperage.