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

• 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。
• But the spectacular stunt failed when the barn owl, called Darcy, took to the rafters to enjoy an impromptu snooze.
  但这一精彩特技表演却失败了谷仓猫头鹰达西选择飞上房顶椽梁，在上面小睡了一阵。
• 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。
• New rafters and a new ceiling upstairs also were required, which, with the previous bill, would amount to a sum of twenty pounds.
  还有，楼上的横梁和天花板也需要修理，这些花费加上上一次的账单，一共是二十五镑的数目。
• The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
  以香柏树为房屋的栋梁，以松树为椽子。
• As to rafters or grass.
  如同附在椽和草叶上。
• The hens perched themselves on the window-sills, the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters, the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud.
  鸡卧在窗台上，鸽子飞到屋椽上。羊和牛则坐在猪后面，一边还在反刍食物。
• 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。
• Smoky rafters; smoky chimneys; a smoky fireplace; a smoky corridor.
  冒烟的椽；冒烟的烟囱；冒烟的壁炉；烟雾弥漫的走廊。