plank /ˈplæŋk/
 厚木板,支架(vt.)鋪板,立刻付款(vi.)睡在板上


 Plank n.
 1. A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.
 2. Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
    His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.   --Southey.
 3. One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform. [Cant]
 Plank road, or Plank way, a road surface formed of planks. [U.S.]
 To walk the plank, to walk along a plank laid across the bulwark of a ship, until one overbalances it and falls into the sea; -- a method of disposing of captives practiced by pirates.


 Plank v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planked p. pr. & vb. n. Planking.]
 1. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. “Planked with pine.”
 2. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.]
 3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
 4. Wooden Manuf. To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
 Planked shad, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire.

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 plank
      n 1: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of
           sizes and used for many purposes [syn: board]
      2: an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
      v 1: cover with planks; "The streets were planked" [syn: {plank
           over]
      2: set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise;
         "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself
         into the sofa" [syn: flump, plonk, plop, plunk, {plump
         down, plunk down, plump]
      3: cook and serve on a plank; "Planked vegetable"; "Planked
         shad"