| 释义 |
Definition of bascule in English: bascule(also bascule bridge) noun ˈbaskjuːlˈbæskjul 1A type of bridge with a section which can be raised and lowered using counterweights. Example sentencesExamples - Eight bascule bridges intersect with the upper roadway, as do two elevated transit lines - and 60,000 pedestrians on the Loop.
- As the procession moved up river, Tower Bridge raised its bascules in tribute while gun salutes came from the Tower of London and HMS Belfast.
- This was the first use of a V-shaped pier on a bascule bridge, and it provided several advantages, including less restricted views of the water due to the openness of the pier, larger transverse openings, and improved span proportions.
- 1.1 A movable section of road forming part of a bascule bridge.
Origin Late 19th century: earlier denoting a lever apparatus of which one end is raised while the other is lowered, from French (earlier bacule), 'see-saw', from battre 'to bump' + cul 'buttocks'. Definition of bascule in US English: bascule(also bascule bridge) nounˈbaskyo͞olˈbæskjul 1A type of bridge with a pivoting section that is raised and lowered using counterweights. Example sentencesExamples - Eight bascule bridges intersect with the upper roadway, as do two elevated transit lines - and 60,000 pedestrians on the Loop.
- This was the first use of a V-shaped pier on a bascule bridge, and it provided several advantages, including less restricted views of the water due to the openness of the pier, larger transverse openings, and improved span proportions.
- As the procession moved up river, Tower Bridge raised its bascules in tribute while gun salutes came from the Tower of London and HMS Belfast.
- 1.1 A moveable section of road forming part of a bascule bridge.
Origin Late 19th century: earlier denoting a lever apparatus of which one end is raised while the other is lowered, from French (earlier bacule), ‘see-saw’, from battre ‘to bump’ + cul ‘buttocks’. |