clapboard

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈklæpˌbɔːd/|/ˈklæbəd/    美 /ˈklæpˌbɔɹd/|/ˈklæbəɹd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction. countable,uncountable
    — Its exterior is covered with clapboards stained dark brown.
  2. A clapperboard; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
  3. Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding. uncountable
    — As the train wound along the river valleys through western Pennsylvania the scenery grew more rugged and the painted houses of Lancaster County gave way to dirty clapboard dwellings and shack homes clinging to the mountainside.
  4. An oak board of a size used for barrel staves. UK,archaic,countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To cover with clapboards. transitive
    — to clapboard the sides of a house

词形变化

clapboards plural clapboards present,singular,third-person clapboarding participle,present clapboarded participle,past clapboarded past clapboards plural

词汇关系

近义词
weatherboard

词源

词源 1
From Middle English clapholt, partial translation from Middle Low German klappholt or Middle Dutch klapholt (“barrel stave”), from klappen (“to crack”) + holt (“wood”). The part "holt" was later calqued to "board".
词源 2
From clap + board.
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