trave
trave — 名詞
1. a wooden or metal structure used to hold a horse or an ox steady while a farrier
釘蹄架
固定馬或牛以便釘蹄鐵的架子
a wooden or metal structure used to hold a horse or an ox steady while a farrier puts metal shoes on its hooves.
The farrier led the nervous horse into the trave before picking up his hammer.
蹄鐵匠在拿起鐵鎚之前，先把那匹緊張的馬引進釘蹄架。
a + trave; used in farriery context
Karim checked that the old trave was still sturdy enough to hold the ox.
Karim 檢查了舊釘蹄架，確認它仍然夠穩固，能固定那頭公牛。
Tendai learned to fit a horse into the trave on her first day.
Tendai 第一天就學會了如何把馬安穩地放進釘蹄架裡。
A broken trave could hurt both the animal and the person working nearby.
一個破損的釘蹄架可能同時傷害動物和在一旁工作的人。
- stock
modern term for the same restraining frame used in farriery
- shoeing stock
full modern term; less common than 'stock'
文法句型
a + trave
the + trave
用法筆記
This word is mostly found in historical or rural farriery contexts. Modern horse owners more commonly use the terms 'stock' or 'shoeing stock'.
常見錯誤
2. a strong horizontal piece of wood or metal placed across a building or other str
橫樑
橫跨建築物用以承重的水平構件
a strong horizontal piece of wood or metal placed across a building or other structure to carry weight and provide stability.
Ritu noticed a thick oak trave stretching across the whole width of the barn roof.
Ritu 注意到一根粗橡木橫樑橫跨整間穀倉屋頂的寬度。
a + adjective + trave + stretching across
The original iron traves in the bridge were replaced with steel beams last century.
這座橋原有的鐵製橫樑在上個世紀就被更換成了鋼樑。
Manuela climbed a ladder to inspect the trave that held the ceiling in place.
Manuela 爬上梯子檢查那根固定天花板的橫樑。
Years of rain had rotted the wooden trave above the old kitchen door.
長年雨水侵蝕已經腐壞了舊廚房門上方的那根木頭橫樑。
文法句型
a + trave
the + trave + of
用法筆記
Plural 'traves' is standard, but the old plural 'trave' (invariant) appears in historical texts. The more familiar modern word for this sense is 'crossbeam'.
常見錯誤
3. one of the compartments or sections into which a ceiling is divided by the patte
天花板隔間
由橫樑區隔出的天花板區塊
one of the compartments or sections into which a ceiling is divided by the pattern of its crossbeams.
Each trave of the chapel ceiling showed a different scene from the old stories.
禮拜堂天花板的每個隔間都描繪了古老故事中的不同場景。
each + trave; shows a compartment sense
Manuela pointed at the central trave, where a faded star pattern was still visible.
Manuela 指向中央的天花板隔間，那裡仍然可以看到一幅褪色的星星圖案。
The artist painted a sun motif inside every trave of the palace hall.
畫家在宮殿大廳的每個天花板隔間裡都畫上了太陽圖案。
Tendai counted twelve traves across the entire length of the banquet room.
Tendai 數了數，宴會廳的整個天花板總共有十二個隔間。
- bay
the standard modern word for a compartment of a ceiling or roof
- compartment
a broader term that can apply to any divided section
文法句型
each + trave
the + trave + of + noun
用法筆記
This sense is extremely rare and found almost exclusively in descriptions of medieval or ecclesiastical architecture. 'Bay' is the common modern term for the same idea.