| 单词 | jamb |
| 释义 | jamb (once / 8041 pages) n A jamb is one of the upright boards or posts that support a door or window frame. Your front door shuts securely in between two jambs. When a house builder frames a doorway, she sets two jambs at the sides of the opening, with what's called a lintel at the top. The door fits between the jambs. Windows have jambs too — if you replace your existing windows, you may need a whole new frame, including new jambs. The Old French origin is jambe, which means "pier or side post," but was originally "a leg or a shank," from the Late Latin gamba, "leg." WORD FAMILYjamb: jambs USAGE EXAMPLESThe marks on the door jamb kept climbing and climbing and David eventually outgrew the closet altogether. Los Angeles Times(Dec 15, 2016) Yet “The Jamb” has a rough charm precisely because of its flaws and stumbles. New York Times(Sep 05, 2016) Once the crowd thins out, Brooks moves into a chilly bathroom, where he watches a technician apply black fingerprint dust to a window jamb. Washington Post(Jun 04, 2016) n upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame Hypo|Hyper doorjamb, doorpost a jamb for a door upright, vertical a vertical structural member as a post or stake |
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