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

• We dry herbs by stringing them from rafters in the barn.
  我们把草药挂在谷仓的椽上使之变干。
• He looks up at the rafters-the likeliest place-but they are bare. Rafters carry the weight of the roof.
  他抬头扫视屋顶上的椽子（里是蛇最可能出没的地方）但没有。椽木支撑住屋顶的重量。
• They can swing him from the rafters for all I care.
  我关心的是他们会把他关起来。
• I remember Mass in the old church as being "Packed to the rafters". I was always lucky to get a seat as I was pregnant at the time, but many people had to stand outside.
  我记得旧教堂的弥撒常拥挤至极点，但我总能幸运地得一席位，因那时我刚怀孕，但许多人却要站到门外。
• Smoky rafters; smoky chimneys; a smoky fireplace; a smoky corridor.
  冒烟的椽；冒烟的烟囱；冒烟的壁炉；烟雾弥漫的走廊。
• The rafters sprouted dangling bunches of dumplings like some strange exotic fruits and we would tread carefully underneath, avoiding the occasional drop of water sliding off the bamboo leaves.
  记忆中挂在房椽上的一串串粽子仿佛某种来自异国的奇特水果，我们从下方经过的时候常常要小心，偶而会有水珠滑过竹叶滴落下来。
• 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。
• The structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters; not ornamental elements; structural damage.
  例如梁、托梁和椽等房屋的结构性部件；不是装饰性的成分；结构性损坏。
• More rafters come when there's extra light from the full moon.
  满月的光线会招来更多的木筏偷渡。
• 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。