单词 | bridge |
释义 | bridge1/brɪdʒ /noun 1A structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc. across a river, road, or other obstacle: a bridge across the River Thames a railway bridge...
Synonyms viaduct, aqueduct, flyover, overpass; way over 1.1Something intended to reconcile or connect two seemingly incompatible things: a committee which was formed to create a bridge between rival party groups...
Synonyms link, connection, means of uniting; bond, tie 1.2 short for land bridge. 2The elevated, enclosed platform on a ship from which the captain and officers direct operations: Talbot stepped across the two gunwales and made his way up to the bridge...
3The upper bony part of a person’s nose: he pushed his spectacles further up the bridge of his nose...
3.1The central part of a pair of glasses, fitting over the bridge of the nose: these sunglasses have a special nose bridge for comfort...
4A partial denture supported by natural teeth on either side.A temporary bridge can be made so that you cannot see the spaces between the remaining teeth....
5 Music The part of a stringed instrument over which the strings are stretched: ebony bridges and fingerboards...
6 Music A bridge passage or middle eight.They write choruses and bridges and songs that last longer than a minute and a half....
7The support for the tip of a billiard cue formed by the hand.I have been playing pool for almost 5 years and since I have started I have been using an open bridge....
7.1A long stick with a frame at the end which is used to support a cue for a difficult shot.It slides onto your cue, eliminating the need for a separate bridge....
8An electric circuit with two branches across which a detector or load is connected, used to measure resistance or other property by equalizing the potential across the two ends of a detector, or to rectify an alternating voltage or current.The internal harnesses comprise unlabeled black wires terminated at the bridge rectifiers and filter caps....
verb [with object] 1Be or make a bridge over (something): a covered walkway bridged the gardens earlier attempts to bridge St George’s Channel had failed...
Synonyms span, cross, cross over, go over, pass over, extend across, reach across, traverse, arch over 1.1Make (a difference between two groups) smaller or less significant: new initiatives were needed to bridge the great abyss of class...
Synonyms join, link, connect, unite; straddle; overcome, reconcile Phrasesa bridge too far build bridges cross that bridge when one comes to it I have a bridge to sell you Derivativesbridgeable
OriginOld English brycg (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brug and German Brücke. Rhymesbridge2/brɪdʒ /noun [mass noun] A card game related to whist, played by two partnerships of two players who at the beginning of each hand bid for the right to name the trump suit, the highest bid also representing a contract to make a specified number of tricks with a specified suit as trumps.This is possible because of the trumping rule, which is different from that in whist or bridge....
In bridge, the members of each pair sit opposite one another; and in each hand one player (declarer) plays both his or her own hand and the exposed cards of their partner (dummy). The modern form of bridge is called contract bridge; its principal features are a complex bidding system and a scoring system for the card play in which only tricks that were bid as well as won count towards game. The main form of competitive bridge for tournaments is duplicate bridge, in which the same prearranged hands are played independently by several pairs or teams. OriginLate 19th century: of unknown origin. |
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