Plank

[plæŋk]

解释:

(noun.) an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party.

(verb.) cook and serve on a plank; 'Planked vegetable'; 'Planked shad'.

(verb.) cover with planks; 'The streets were planked'.

(verb.) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; 'He planked the money on the table'; 'He planked himself into the sofa'.

整理:维维安--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.

(n.) Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.

(n.) One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.

(v. t.) To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.

(v. t.) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.

(v. t.) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.

(v. t.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.

编辑:玛杰里

解释:

n. a long piece of timber thicker than a board: one of the principles or aims of an associated party.—v.t. to cover with planks.—n. Plank′ing the act of laying planks: a series of planks: work made up of planks.—Walk the plank to be compelled to walk along a plank projecting over the ship's edge into the sea.

整理:普雷斯利