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weatherboard

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Buildings
weath·er·board /ˈweðəbɔːd $ -ərbɔːrd/ noun  1. [uncountable] British EnglishTBB boards covering the outer walls of a house 〔房屋外墙上的〕护墙板,风雨板 SYN American English clapboard2. [countable]TBB a board fixed across the bottom of a door, to prevent water from getting inside 〔门底的〕防水板,挡雨板
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weatherboardThe earliest stations were no more than collections of weatherboard huts, similar to a contemporary group of stores.
weath·er·board nounChineseSyllable
the walls boards of outer Corpus covering a house


weatherboard
weatherboard /ˈweðəbɔːd $ -ərbɔːrd/ noun
1. [uncountable] British English boards covering the outer walls of a house
   SYN  clapboard American English
2. [countable] a board fixed across the bottom of a door, to prevent water from getting inside


wea·ther·boardBrE /ˈweðəbɔːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈweðərbɔːrd/ 🔊 (also clap·board especially in NAmE ) nounone of a series of long, narrow, horizontal pieces of wood, each with one edge thicker than the other. They are fixed to the outside walls of a house with the bottom of one over the top of the one below, to cover the wall and protect it from rain and wind. 封檐板;风雨板a weatherboard house安装了封檐板的房屋 wea·ther·boarded BrE /ˈweðəbɔːdɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈweðərbɔːrdɪd/ 🔊 adjective wea·ther·board·ing BrE /ˈweðəbɔːdɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈweðərbɔːrdɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]