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单词 scaffolding
释义 scaf·fold·ing
\-diŋ, -dēŋ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from scaffold (I) + -ing
1.
 a. : a system of scaffolds
  < go up ladders and walk about scaffoldings — J.D.Beresford >
  < erected the steel scaffolding to support the roof forms — Civil Engineering >
 b. : materials for scaffolds
2. [from gerund of scaffold (II) ]
 a. : the construction of scaffolds
 b.
  (1) : the formation of a scaffold in the smelting of ores
  (2) : scaffold 2
3.
 a. : a framework serving as a supporting structure, base, or outline for something (as a literary work or a part of an organism)
  < use of the epic as a scaffolding for his stories — Robert Halsband >
  < comprehending the naked scaffolding of an idea rather than its architectural fulfillment — H.V.Gregory >
  < cartilaginous skeleton serves as a temporary scaffolding for a skeleton of much harder material — Norbert Wiener >
 b. : evidence or explanatory matter tending to confirm, validate, or bolster something (as an argument)
  < book … a little overequipped with the scaffolding of research — H.J.Laski >
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