truss

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Noun

1. A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
2. A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
3. A triangular bracket.
4. An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
5. (obsolete) A bundle; a package.
6. A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
7. Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
8. A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
9. The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.

Verb

1. To tie up a bird before cooking it.
2. To secure or bind with ropes.
3. To support.
4. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
5. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
6. (slang) To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.

Phát âm là (IPA)

/tɹʌs/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

From Middle English trussen, from Old French trousser. Doublet of trousse.

Câu

An iron truss roof covers the building .

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