a shelf or slab of stone, wood, or metal at the foot of a window or doorway 基石;底木;窗台;门槛 ■a strong horizontal beam forming a base in the frame of a timber-framed building (木框架建筑的)底框梁 ■a strong horizontal member at the base of any structure, e.g. in the frame of a motor or rail vehicle (机动车或有轨电车等的)底框梁 ■(Geology)a tabular sheet of igneous rock intruded between and parallel with the existing strata (地质)岩床。 比较dyke ■an underwater ridge or rock ledge extending across the bed of a body of water 海底山脊
语源
Old English syll, sylle 'horizontal beam forming a foundation', of Germanic origin; related to German Schwelle 'threshold'