clapboard
clapboard 英 [ˈklæpbɔ:d] 美 [ˈklæbərd]
n. 护墙板；桶板 vt. 遮以护墙板 adj. 装有护墙楔形板的
进行时:clapboarding 过去式:clapboarded 过去分词:clapboarded 第三人称单数:clapboards 名词复数:clapboards
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- n. 护墙板；桶板
- vt. 遮以护墙板
- adj. 装有护墙楔形板的
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1. Moraine gave way to flat grasslands, pine to palm. Windbreaks appeared, then wheat, and finally clapboard houses behind manicured hedges.
石山已经被草原，松树和棕榈树所替代，防风林出现了，然后是麦地，最后有了树篱后的木板房屋。
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2. I drove to Anderson from Indianapolis, past clapboard houses and cornfields, to visit BI’s offices, located on a few discreet and highly secure floors above the local branch of KeyBank.
我驾车从印第安纳波利斯去安德森访问BI的办公室，一路经过墙板房和玉米地，来到金钥匙银行的当地支行楼上的一个十分隐蔽安全的地方。
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3. Some of the houseboats are offices, with large windows facing the water; some are little houses covered in clapboard, with window boxes.
一些住家船本身就是办公室，有朝向水面的大窗户；还有一些则是用檐板盖起来的小屋子，带有窗栏花箱。
- clapboard (n.) 1520s, partial translation of Middle Dutch klapholt (borrowed into English late 14c. as clapholt), from klappen "to fit" + Low German holt "wood, board" (see holt). Compare German Klappholz.
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