Two English terms on job site

locker

Who knows what bone yard and plank on job site mean?

老警察

Bone　Yard：堆放废旧设备的场地。没听过plank。

老聂

plank铺地的板材。 比如camp露天木条板铺的人行道用的plank

移民电工

在油田和建筑工地，Scaffold 上的木板条叫Plank。

locker

Bone　Yard：堆放废旧设备的场地。=scrap yard
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移民电工

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Bone　Yard：堆放废旧设备的场地。=scrap yard

plank Scaffold 上的铁板条叫Plank
locker 发表于 2010-5-22 20:35

Scaffold was made by wood, so the thick wood board on the platform called Plank,
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, F* K! X1 _2 C0 [# MDictionary:  plank   (plăngk) pronunciation
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n.

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         1. A piece of lumber cut thicker than a board.
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5 [/ H" u8 Z9 N. h! Y( C6 X- _厚木板, 支架, 铺板