| 单词 | brooklyn bridge |
| 释义 | Brooklyn Bridgenouna suspension bridge over the East River, in New York City, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn: built 1867–84. 5,989 feet (1,825 meters) long. Words nearby Brooklyn Bridgebrookite, brooklet, brooklime, Brookline, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Center, Brooklynese, Brooklyn Park, Brookner, Brook Park Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for Brooklyn BridgeBrooklyn Bridge A suspension bridge built between Manhattan and Brooklyn in the late nineteenth century; Manhattan and Brooklyn are today two boroughs of New York City. At the time of its completion, the Brooklyn Bridge was the world's longest suspension bridge. notes for Brooklyn BridgeThe Brooklyn Bridge is mentioned in several common expressions about the sale of the bridge by one person to another (the bridge is actually public property). A person who “could sell someone the Brooklyn Bridge” is persuasive; a person who “tries to sell the Brooklyn Bridge” is extremely dishonest; a person who “would buy the Brooklyn Bridge” is gullible. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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