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scantling

/skant-ling/US // ˈskænt lɪŋ //UK // (ˈskæntlɪŋ) //

缩放,缩放仪,缩放图,缩放比例

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
    • : such timbers collectively.
    • : the width and thickness of a timber.
    • : the dimensions of a building stone.
    • : Nautical. a dressed timber or rolled metal member used as a framing member in a vessel.the dimension, in cross section, of a framing member.
    • : a small quantity or amount.

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Examples

  • It lay, tongued and grooved, with the scantling for fixing it, just where the timber merchant's men had deposited it—on the floor.

  • Mayo saw that it was a long strip of scantling, undoubtedly from the deckload that the Polly had jettisoned when she was tripped.

  • Mr. Speed boosted Mayo and the young man attached the cloth to the scantling and flung their banner to the breeze.

  • I saw the slates at the foot of the weathercock, that they were thinly edged and of light scantling.

  • I found a hiding place in a pile of boards or scantling, where I kept concealed during that day.