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单词 bollard
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bollard

(bɒlɑːʳd)
Word forms: plural bollards
1. countable noun
Bollards are short thick concrete posts that are used to prevent cars from going on to someone's land or on to part of a road.
[British]
2. countable noun
Bollards are strong wooden or metal posts on the side of a river or harbour. Boats are tied to them.

bollard in British English

(ˈbɒlɑːd, ˈbɒləd)
noun
1. 
a strong wooden or metal post mounted on a wharf, quay, etc, used for securing mooring lines
2.  British
a small post or marker placed on a kerb or traffic island to make it conspicuous to motorists
3.  mountaineering
an outcrop of rock or pillar of ice that may be used to belay a rope
Word origin
C14: perhaps from bole1 + -ard

bollard in American English

(ˈbɑlərd)
noun
1. 
any of the strong posts on a pier for holding fast a ship's mooring lines
2. 
bitt
Word origin
prob. extension of bole1

Examples of 'bollard' in a sentence
bollard

But car drivers say they were not consulted properly and signs and bollards were not clear enough.
The Sun (2016)
A MAN has had his driveway blocked by concrete bollards in a dispute over parking.
The Sun (2016)
On her left was an intersection - a bollard... Muzziness enveloped her.
Martin, Joy THE IMAGE OF LAURA (2001)
Judging his distance the anchorman crouched, then leapt onto the jetty, wrapping his rope round a bollard while the oarsmen backed water.
Kerr, Katharine A TIME OF WAR (2001)
Sabriel threw up a line, but before she could leap ashore and secure it to a bollard, a street urchin did it for her.
Garth Nix SABRIEL (2001)

Chinese translation of 'bollard'

bollard

(ˈbɔləd)

n (c)

  1. (Brit, Aut) 护(護)柱 (hùzhù) (根, gēn)
  2. (Naut) 系(繫)缆(纜)柱 (xìlǎnzhù) (根, gēn)

Nearby words of
bollard

  • boiling point
  • boisterous
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  • bollard
  • bolt
  • bolt upright
  • bomb
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