trestle

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.
  2. A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks.
    — He turned the knob, but the door was locked. Retracing his steps past a vacant lot, the young man entered a shop where a colored man was employed in varnishing a coffin, which stood on two trestles in the middle of the floor.
  3. A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.
  4. A trestle bridge.

词形变化

trestles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
saw-trestle trestle bed trestle board trestleboard trestled trestle table trestletree trestle tree trestlewise trestlework trestling

词源

From Middle English trestel, from Old French trestel (“crossbeam”) (French tréteau), from Latin trānstellum, diminutive of trānstrum.
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