joist
/joist/US // dʒɔɪst //UK // (dʒɔɪst) //
托梁,托架,托梁架,托梁板
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of a number of small, parallel beams of timber, steel, reinforced concrete, etc., for supporting floors, ceilings, or the like.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to furnish with or fix on joists.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Examples
In the middle of this broad and fantastically carved joist there was an old painting representing a cat playing rackets.
Two small forks or bucks-horns fastened to a joist are indispensable articles for the support of the rifle.
To all the woodwork round the prison doors they did the like, leaving not a joist or beam untouched.
The farmer sat down upon a joist beside a vat in which a bundle of osiers were steeping, his face turned towards the farmhouse.
Joist is sounded joice in Limerick; and catch is everywhere pronounced ketch.
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