rafters

英 [ˈrɑːftəz]

美 [ˈræftərz]

n.  椽子
rafter的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 椽
  Raftersare the sloping pieces of wood that support a roof.
  1. From the rafters of the thatched roofs hung strings of dried onions and garlic.
     茅草屋顶的椽子上挂着几串干洋葱和蒜。

双语例句

• We dry herbs by stringing them from rafters in the barn.
  我们把草药挂在谷仓的椽上使之变干。
• He looks up at the rafters the likeliest place but they are bare.
  他抬头看了看屋顶那最有可能的地方，上面却是光秃秃的什么也没有；
• The pillars sustain the roof. Rafters carry the weight of the roof.
  几根柱子撑住屋顶。椽木支撑住屋顶的重量。
• I remember Mass in the old church as being "Packed to the rafters". I was always lucky to get a seat as I was pregnant at the time, but many people had to stand outside.
  我记得旧教堂的弥撒常拥挤至极点，但我总能幸运地得一席位，因那时我刚怀孕，但许多人却要站到门外。
• They can swing him from the rafters for all I care.
  我关心的是他们会把他关起来。
• He even had to park his car out in the street, as his garage was stacked up to the rafters with a multitude of samples of igneous rock.
  他甚至不得不把车停在大街上，因为他的车库里堆满了各类各样的火成岩的标本，一向堆到房椽上。
• The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses.
  歌1：17以香柏树为房屋的栋梁、松树为椽子。
• From the rafters of the thatched roofs hung strings of dried onions and garlic.
  茅草屋顶的椽子上挂着几串干洋葱和蒜。
• Well, in the nutshell, thatching involving covering the beams or rafters, the wooden skeleton of the roof with reeds or straw.
  概述来说，茅草顶包括了覆盖的横梁和椽，房顶上的木头骨架，有茅草或者麦秆。
• The rafters sprouted dangling bunches of dumplings like some strange exotic fruits and we would tread carefully underneath, avoiding the occasional drop of water sliding off the bamboo leaves.
  记忆中挂在房椽上的一串串粽子仿佛某种来自异国的奇特水果，我们从下方经过的时候常常要小心，偶而会有水珠滑过竹叶滴落下来。