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单词 footbridge
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footbridge
footbridge n. (a) a bridge used by, or intended for the sole use of, pedestrians; (b) Mechanics an arched bridge which carries a footstep bearing (obsolete). [Compare post-classical Latin pons pedalis (1375, 1438 in British sources).]
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > bridge by type of traffic
footbridgec1400
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pack and prime way (also bridge, road)1798
passerelle1892
c1400 ( Canticum Creatione l. 1139 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 138 For to ben a fot-brigge.
1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xxij There lay ouer the same a tree for a fote brydge.
1645 New Haven Colonial Rec. I. 210 A foote bridge formerly made over the Mill River into the Necke.
1710 Boston Town Rec. II. 117 Mr. John Oliver and others..have of Late Layd Timber or plank as a foot bridg over the slip.
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 66 The Foot-Bridge fail'd, he plung'd beneath the Deep.
1847 Engineer & Machinist's Asst. 150/2 The foot-step of the vertical shaft is carried upon an arch, technically a foot-bridge.
1914 Pop. Mech. Apr. 516/1 One of the suspension footbridges, connecting Easton and South Easton, is, perhaps, the highest footbridge in the United States.
2001 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 10 Mar. 30 A footbridge..crosses to the National Indoor Arena.
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