| 单词 | bridge |
| 释义 | bridge (once / 104 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n A bridge is what gets you from one side of the river to the other. A bridge connects things. The bridge of your nose connects your nose to your head — it's where the bridge of your eyeglasses rests. If you insult your boss and quit your job, you've "burned your bridges" — you can’t go back. If you're not going to worry yourself about a possible problem, you can say "I'll cross that bridge when I get to it." The vertical piece that holds the strings up on a violin, guitar, or other stringed instrument is also a bridge, and in a song, the bridge is the part between a verse and the chorus — the transition between them. WORD FAMILYbridge: bridgeable, bridged, bridging+/bridgeable: bridgeably, unbridgeable/unbridgeable: unbridgeably USAGE EXAMPLESTheir car was found abandoned on the Newport Bridge. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) “This is an attempt to bridge that talent back to movie theaters.” Los Angeles Times(Jan 03, 2017) On national security, Obama, with all his progressive promise, provided more of a bridge than a barricade between the Bush and Trump eras. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) 1 1n a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper span Angostura Bridge a suspension bridge across the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolivar Baton Rouge Bridgea cantilever bridge across the Mississippi at Baton Rouge Bayonne Bridgea steel arch bridge connecting New Jersey and Staten Island at Bayonne, New Jersey Benjamin Franklin Bridgea suspension bridge across the Delaware River Bosporus Bridgea suspension bridge across the Bosporus at Istanbul Bronx-Whitestone Bridgea suspension bridge across the East River in New York City Brooklyn Bridgea suspension bridge across the East River in New York City; opened in 1883 Commodore John Barry Bridgea cantilever bridge in Chester, Pennsylvania Delaware Memorial Bridgea suspension bridge across the Delaware River George Washington Bridgea suspension bridge across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey Golden Gate Bridgea suspension bridge across the Golden Gate Greater New Orleans Bridgetwin cantilever bridges across the Mississippi at New Orleans Humber Bridgea suspension bridge at Hull, England; 4,626 feet long Kammon Strait Bridgea suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu Mackinac Bridgea suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan Minato Ohashi Bridgecantilever bridge at Osaka, Japan New River Gorge Bridgea steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia Pierre Laporte Bridgea suspension bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at Quebec Ponte 25 de Abrila suspension bridge across the Tagus River at Lisbon Quebec Bridgea cantilever bridge in Quebec Queensboro Bridgea cantilever bridge across the East River between Manhattan and Queens Sydney Harbor Bridgea steel arch bridge in Sydney, Australia Tacoma Narrows Bridgea suspension bridge across Puget Sound at Tacoma Tappan Zee Bridgea cantilever bridge across the Hudson River Verrazano-Narrows Bridgea suspension bridge across the Verrazano Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island Walt Whitman Bridgea suspension bridge across the Delaware River Bailey bridge a temporary bridge designed for rapid construction cantilever bridgebridge constructed of two cantilevers that meet in the middle cattle grid, cattle guarda bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle covered bridgea bridge whose passageway is protected by a roof and enclosing sides drawbridge, lift bridgea bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it footbridge, overcrossing, pedestrian bridgea bridge designed for pedestrians flyover, overpassbridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels bateau bridge, floating bridge, pontoon bridgea temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons rope bridgea bridge consisting of ropes steel arch bridgea steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch suspension bridgea bridge that has a roadway supported by cables that are anchored at both ends toll bridgea bridge where toll is charged for crossing trestle bridgea bridge supported by trestlework truss bridgea bridge supported by trusses viaductbridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley gangboard, gangplank, gangwaya temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside jet bridgean extendible bridge for loading passengers onto large commercial airplanes; provides protected access to the plane from the gate construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 2v make a bridge across bridge a river Hyper bring together, join cause to become joined or linked 3v cross over on a bridge 2Hyper cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse travel across or pass over 1n something resembling a bridge in form or function his letters provided a bridge across the centuries Hyper connectedness, connection, connexion a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) 2n a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth Syn|Hyper bridgework dental plate, denture, plate a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth 3n the link between two lenses; rests on the nose Syn|Hyper nosepiece link, linkup, tie, tie-in a fastener that serves to join or connect 4n the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose Hyper anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing 5n an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands Syn|Hypo|Hyper bridge deck conning tower a raised bridge on a submarine; often used for entering and exiting fly bridge, flybridge, flying bridge, monkey bridgethe highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house upper deck a higher deck 6n a wooden support that holds the strings up Hyper support any device that bears the weight of another thing 7n a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected Syn|Hypo|Hyper bridge circuit Wheatstone bridge a bridge used to measure resistances circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow 8v connect or reduce the distance between 3Syn|Hyper bridge over connect, link, link up, tie connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces n any of various card games based on whist for four players Hypo|Hyper bridge whist the earliest form of bridge; the dealer could name the trump suit auction, auction bridgea variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge contract, contract bridgea variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid no-trumpa version of contract bridge in which no suit is designated as trump for the duration of the hand card game, cards a game played with playing cards |
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