plank
plank
noun
[with obj.]
walk the plank
noun
- a long, thin, flat piece of timber, used especially in building and flooring
（尤指用于建筑和铺地用的）木板，板材 - a fundamental point of a political or other programme
（政纲）要点
the central plank of the bill is the curb on industrial polluters.
该法案的中心要点是制止工业污染者。
[with obj.]
- make, provide, or cover with planks
用板材做；提供木板；铺上木板
[as adj. planked]the planked wooden steps.
用板材做成的木梯。 - (informal, chiefly N. Amer. & Irish)put or set (something) down forcefully or abruptly
(非正式，主北美，主爱尔兰)重重地放下，用力放下，撂下
he planked the glasses in front of him.
他把眼镜撂在他面前。
■(plank oneself down)sit down in a hurried or undignified way
匆忙（或不雅）地坐下 - (Scottish)hide (something). plant
(苏格兰)藏（物）
he had planked £1,000 under the mattress.
他在床垫下藏了1,000英镑。
walk the plank
- (formerly) be forced by pirates to walk blindfold along a plank over the side of a ship to one's death in the sea
走跳板（旧时被海盗逼迫蒙着眼在船舷外的一块木板上行走直至坠海身亡）
■(informal)lose one's job or position
(非正式)被解雇
- Middle English: from Old Northern French planke, from late Latin planca 'board', feminine (used as a noun) of plancus 'flat-footed'
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