n.[C]
- 板(條);厚板
They performed on a makeshift stage of wood
planks.
他們在一個用木板搭的臨時舞臺上演出。
- 木板製品(如桌、凳等)
- 支持物,基礎
- 【美】(政黨的)政綱條款;政策要點
The main
plank in his election campaign is tax reform.
他競選運動的主要政綱是稅制改革。
- 撐體訓練,撐舉(是訓練核心肌群最有效的方法之一)
vt.
- 在……上鋪板
He
planked the well over.
他用木板把井蓋上。
- 【口】用力放下,撂下[(+down)]
She
planked down the package.
她把包裹撂下。
- 【美】【口】當場支付[(+down/out/up)]
He
planked down his ten thousand.
他當場付了一萬元。
- 把(肉或魚)放在木板上上桌
片語
(as) thick as two short planks
- 【俚】非常愚笨
辨析
n.
- a long, thin flat piece of timber, used in building and flooring.
- a fundamental part of a political or other programme.
- Brit. informal a stupid person.
v.
- make, provide, or cover with planks.
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. & Irish set down forcefully or abruptly:
he planked the glasses in front of him.
Phrase
- walk the plank
historical be forced by pirates to walk blindfold along a plank over the side of a ship to one's death in the sea.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Old North. Fr. planke, from late L. planca ‘board’, fem. of plancus ‘flat-footed’.