| 单词 | drywall |
| 释义 | drywall (once / 43614 pages) n Drywall is a type of board or panel that's used to build a smooth wall or ceiling. Builders use a lot of drywall when they're constructing a new house. There are several ways to make a flat, solid wall over exposed joists and studs. Older houses often have walls made from plaster, while newer homes are much more likely to have drywall, which is easier and faster to install. Drywall is attached in panels to wooden studs with special screws. The trickiest part of installing drywall is taping the panels where they meet, and "mudding" them, or smoothing joint compound over the seams. WORD FAMILYdrywall USAGE EXAMPLESContractors typically install drywall, build custom cabinets, fashion wall-length storage systems and lay down flooring. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) You will need to cut into the ceiling drywall, but only directly under the ducts. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) When he worked as a painter or did drywall, he would think about retirement and see days tinkering with and shooting guns. Washington Post(Dec 01, 2016) n a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses Syn|Hypo|Hyper dry wall, wallboard beaver board a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulp fiberboard, fibreboard, particle boardwallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets gypsum board, plasterboardwallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls Masonitea type of fiberboard Sheetrocka kind of plasterboard board a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。