| 单词 | ferry bridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasferry bridge ferry bridge n. †(a) (in Bermuda) a bridge used to cross to a place at which ferries arrive and depart (obsolete); †(b) a means of transporting a railway train across a river or other stretch of water, consisting of a boat with a raised deck designed to support the train (obsolete); (c) a bridge used to board or disembark from a ferry. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > ferry > types of toni1582 horse-boat1591 bac1676 ferry bridge1696 rope-ferry1755 pont1776 ferry flat1805 steam-ferry1812 steam ferry-boat1812 night boat1839 bar-boat1857 train ferry-boat1867 car ferry1884 grind1889 swinging-bridge1892 train ferry1900 night ferry1948 SeaCat1954 walla-walla1957 1696 Minutes Council Governor of Bermuda in Bermuda Hist. Q. (1946) 3 iii. 125 Ordered that Joseph Cox Do according to a late order of the second of March last take care that the ferry Bridges be forthwith wholly repaired and made good And that he bee allowed 4s 4d p day for the same. 1788 Bermuda: Act further for supplying Deficiency of Fund 27 To Bridger Goodrich, Esquire, to be applied to the Completion of the Ferry Bridges, Ninety Pounds. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 837/2 Ferry-bridge, a form of ferry-boat in which the railway-train moves on to the elevated deck, is transported across the water and then lands upon the other side. 1884 Biddeford (Maine) Jrnl. 6 Aug. 1/4 In consequence of the destruction of the ferry bridges and buildings the excursions of the steamer Stockton to West Point will be discontinued until further notice. 1996 A. G. Adams Hudson River Guidebk. (ed. 2) ii. 84/2 (caption) Remains of the ferry bridges are seen in the foreground. < as lemmas |
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