scaffold

n. platform,stage 平台，舞台。
△H.V.1.Prol.8: “But pardon,gentles all,/ The flat unraised spiritsthat hath dared /On this unworthy scaffold to brin gforth / So great an object.”(Shakespeare offers,onbehalf of his company,a humble apology for a per-formance which the actors and playwright feel to beinadequate.)但是请原谅吧，先生女士们，我们这些愚钝庸碌的小人物竟敢在这个破戏台上搬演如此伟大的景观。(按： spiritsthat hath，主语复数，动词单数。)

scaffold[ˈskæfəld]

n.脚手架，布景台，绞刑台
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