[in sing.]an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of the walls of a room 护壁(墙)板 ■[mass noun](Brit. historical)imported oak of fine quality, used mainly to make panelling (英,史)(主要用于制作镶板的)进口优质栎木
a drab yellowish to brown-coloured European moth (一种介于淡黄至褐色之间色彩单调的)欧洲夜蛾
Mythimna and other genera, family Noctuidae: several species 粘虫属及其他属,夜蛾科: 数种
[with obj.]line (a room or wall) with wooden panelling 给(房间,墙壁)装护壁(或护墙)板
语源
Middle English: from Middle Low German wagenschot, apparently from wagen 'wagon' + schot, probably meaning 'partition'. Sense 2 dates from the early 19th cent