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

• 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。
• Recent photos taken by investment-bank analysts show where those imports end up. The copper sits in bonded warehouses, piled to the rafters, blocking doorways and occupying parking lots.
  投行分析师近期拍摄的照片显示，这些进口铜最终被堆在了保税仓库中，高及屋椽，不但堵住了门口还占据了停车位。
• As to rafters or grass.
  如同附在椽和草叶上。
• Shine the torch up into the rafters, please.
  请把手电筒向上照屋椽。
• 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。
• And I resolved to be cautious how I ventured under those rafters a third time.
  我决心在第三次敢于再来到这屋里时可要小心谨慎。
• 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；
• A framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters.
  横越、支持托梁、墙筋或椽的末端以此来把它们的重量传递给平行的托梁、墙筋或椽的框架成分。
• 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。
• The dismal spiritual atmosphere overcame, and more than neutralized, the glowing physical comforts round me; and I resolved to be cautious how I ventured under those rafters a third time.
  那种精神上的阴郁气氛不止是抵销，而且是压倒了我四周明亮的物质上的舒适。我决心在第三次敢于再来到这屋里时可要小心谨慎。