名词

1. 断头台;绞刑架
A scaffold was a raised platform on which criminals were hanged or had their heads cut off.

2. 脚手架;建筑架;鹰架
A scaffold is a temporary raised platform on which workers stand to paint, repair, or build high parts of a building.

1. a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers

2. a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)