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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Permit

论坛正悄悄地走向正轨。

移民电工

Bone　Yard：堆放废旧设备的场地。=scrap yard
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locker 发表于 2010-5-22 20:35

Scaffold was made by wood, so the thick wood board on the platform called Plank,
now most construction site use scaffold made by steel but they still call platform is Plank even they made by non-wood.
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0 R+ i! l# g: u( ?5 @* K: ^Dictionary:  plank   (plăngk) pronunciation

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: l+ A+ f1 [/ n* S; ~         1. A piece of lumber cut thicker than a board.
         2. Such pieces of lumber considered as a group; planking.
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