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

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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,
/ @6 a" t: a/ Q% r1 _; P3 |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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Dictionary:  plank   (plăngk) pronunciation
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中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
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