"sloping timber of a roof," Old English ræftras (West Saxon), reftras (Mercian), both plural, related to Old Norse raptr "log," from Proto-Germanic *raf-tra-, from PIE *rap-tro-, from root *rep- "stake, beam."
双语例句
1. The police had searched the house from cellar to rafter.
警察已把那座房子上上下下搜遍了.
来自辞典例句
2. RAFTER was not well received. At first it was just a rustle.
“筏夫”并未受到欢迎.起初只是出现一阵低语声.
来自辞典例句
3. When the hell did you say you developed this RAFTER?
你说你到底在什么时候研究出了这个“筏夫”?
来自辞典例句
4. And she began to feel dizzy and fell off the rafter.
她开始觉得头晕了就从屋梁上掉了下来.
来自互联网
5. Son with flying eaves, rafter length ratio is about five to two.
