stringpiece
/string-pees/US // ˈstrɪŋˌpis //UK // (ˈstrɪŋˌpiːs) //
弦子,弦乐器,弦乐作品,弦乐
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a long, usually horizontal piece of timber, beam, etc., for strengthening, connecting, or supporting a framework.
Examples
By the time Captain Briggs, followed by the faithful Ruddy, reached the stringpiece of the wharf, the schooner was already close.
He clambered over the stringpiece, right at the heels of his impatient but grateful passenger.
The Kanaka woman danced to the stringpiece and whistled distress signals.
The bridge had no protection along the side save a simple stringpiece of timber.
While talking he had gone across the gap, stepping lightly upon a stringpiece probably a foot wide, and proceeding over the ties.
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