Lath
[lɑːθ;læθ] or [læθ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
錄入:费尔普斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used.
(v. t.) To cover or line with laths.
整理:康拉德
例句/造句/用法:
- Select a dry, shady spot; dig a ditch for carrying off the waste water, and over it place a lath-work. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- He's as thin as a lath. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- In place of these, he was equipped with a sword of lath, resembling that with which Harlequin operates his wonders upon the modern stage. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- A lath-and-plaster partition had been run across the passage six feet from the end, with a door cunningly concealed in it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I hear him a-knockin' his head again the lath and plaster now. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The toboggan is constructed in Canada of flat laths. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
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