wainscot

英 ['weɪnskət; -kɒt] 美 ['wenskət]
  • n. [建] 护壁板;装饰墙壁的材料
  • vt. 装上壁板

中文词源


wainscot 护墙板

wain,马车,战车,-scot,分开,隔板,词源同shed,shit.原指上等的车板,后用来指护墙板。

英文词源


wainscot
wainscot: [14] Wainscot was borrowed from Middle Low German wagenschot. It is not altogether clear what the origins of this were, but the generally accepted theory is that it is a compound of wagen ‘waggon’ and schot ‘planks, boards’, and that it therefore originally meant ‘planks used for making waggons’. To begin with it was applied in English to ‘highgrade oak imported from Russia, Germany, and Holland’. Such wood was used mainly for panelling rooms, and by the 16th century wainscot had come to signify ‘wood panelling’.
=> waggon, wain
wainscot (n.)
mid-14c., "imported oak of superior quality" (well-grained and without knots), probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Flemish waghenscote "superior quality oak wood, board used for paneling" (though neither of these is attested as early as the English word), related to Middle Low German wagenschot (late 14c.), from waghen (see wagon) + scote "partition, crossbar." So called perhaps because the wood originally was used for wagon building and coachwork, but the sense evolution is not entirely clear. Meaning "panels lining the walls of rooms" is recorded from 1540s. Wainscoting is from 1570s.

双语例句


1. A young and beautiful girl was leaning with her back against the wainscot.
一个年轻美貌的姑娘正斜靠在壁板上.

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2. Flat container is the most important tool for extruding large thin - wall Aluminum wainscot.
扁挤压筒是挤压大型铝壁板型材的重要工具.

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