scaffold

1. N-COUNT A scaffold was a raised platform on which criminals were hanged or had their heads cut off. 絞刑臺(tái)

Ascending the shaky ladder to the scaffold, More addressed the executioner. 摩爾沿著搖搖晃晃的梯子登上絞刑臺(tái)，跟行刑人說(shuō)了話。

2. N-COUNT A scaffold is a temporary raised platform on which workers stand to paint, repair, or build high parts of a building. 腳手架

They were standing on top of a giant scaffold. 他們站在一個(gè)巨大的腳手架頂上。