Clapboard is the overlapping wooden boards that cover the outside of a house, each one sitting a little over the one below so rain runs off.

Clapboard指 is the overlapping wooden boards一片片重疊釘上的木板，that cover the outside of a house用來覆蓋房子外牆，each one sitting a little over the one below每一片都稍微蓋在下面那片上面 so rain runs off好讓雨水流下去。

Americans talk about clapboard houses a lot; British speakers more often say weatherboard. One board is a clapboard; the whole skin of the wall is clapboard too.

Americans美國人 talk about clapboard houses a lot很常講clapboard houses（板牆屋）；British speakers英式的說法 more often say weatherboard更常說weatherboard。One board一片板子 is a clapboard就叫clapboard；the whole skin of the wall整面牆的外皮 is clapboard too也叫clapboard。

There is also a verb, to clapboard a building, meaning to cover it this way, though the noun is what you will usually see. Though actually, film people sometimes say clapboard for the board that snaps shut before a take — that object is more carefully called a clapperboard. Same look on the page, different thing in the world.

There is also a verb也有個動詞，to clapboard a building把一棟建築clapboard起來，meaning to cover it this way意思是這樣覆蓋它，though the noun is what you will usually see不過你通常看到的是名詞用法。Though actually不過事實上，film people電影圈的人 sometimes say clapboard有時候會把clapboard拿來 for the board that snaps shut before a take指拍攝前啪一聲合上的那塊板子，that object那個東西 is more carefully called a clapperboard更精確的名稱其實是clapperboard。Same look on the page字面上看起來一樣，different thing in the world但現實中是不同的東西。

And many Americans do not say clap-board clearly: they say something closer to “clabberd”.

And而且 many Americans很多美國人 do not say clap-board clearly不會把clap-board唸得很清楚：they say something closer to "clabberd"他們唸起來比較接近「clabberd」。