单词 | passerelle |
释义 | passerellen. 1. Nautical. The bridge of a ship. Now rare. ΚΠ 1883 M. K. Waddington Let. 23 June in Lett. Diplomat's Wife (1903) i. 129 The Captain..came to get us to stand on the passerelle with him and see the approach to Helsingfors. 1887 S. Hale Let. 21 Jan. (1918) vi. 172 The captain is very worthy. I sit on his right; he comes swooping along the deck from his passerelle, to meals. 1932 W. Lewis Filibusters in Barbary 28 The passerelle of the Algerian Packet. 2. a. Chiefly Architecture. A footbridge. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > bridge by type of traffic footbridgec1400 horse-bridge1637 carriage bridge1753 bridle bridge1780 stride1791 pack and prime way (also bridge, road)1798 passerelle1892 1892 Harper's Mag. Oct. 739/1 The great passerelle is decidedly picturesque, especially towards mid-day, when it is crossed by informal processions of laughing and joyous girls. 1893 R. Lanciani Pagan & Christian Rome iii. 102 The Street of the Tuscans..and the Vicus Iugarius between the basilica and the Temple of Saturn, were but a few feet wide and could easily be crossed by means of a passerelle. 1960 C. Lancaster Archit. Follies in Amer. vii. 150 The dining room, housed in a separate rectangular stone structure connected to the first floor of the hotel proper by a passarelle. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 12 Feb. 56/1 A front yard that acts as amphitheater, park, passerelle, lobby, exploratorium. b. Nautical. A gangplank, a boarding ramp. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > ladder or gang-plank ship-ladderc1050 fall-bridge1487 way-shide1535 gallery ladder1706 side ladder1724 gangboard1769 gangway ladder1778 gangplank1785 stern-ladder1794 race board1808 gangway1846 brow1867 boarding-bridge1878 passerelle1989 1989 Dimensions Spring 47/2 (advt.) We think we've thought of everything..from radar, dual-station autopilot and generator to the eye-level microwave and aft boarding passerelle. 1990 T. Cunliffe Easy on Helm xi. 98 If you favour a gang-plank or passerelle it can now be rigged so that you may step ashore in splendour. 2002 Yachting World Feb. 107/1 On reaching port the passerelle is simply brought out of stowage, unfolded and mounted. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1883 |
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