| 单词 | swivel-bridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswivel-bridge swivel-bridge n. a swing-bridge. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > swing-bridge swinging-bridge1708 swivel-bridge1754 turn-bridge1767 swing-bridge1791 pivot bridge1795 turning bridge1840 1754 R. Pococke Trav. (Camden) II. 66 The Wye [= Wey], over which there is a long swivil bridge which turns with one hand. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ix. 84 A little canal near the India Docks, where there was a swivel bridge which opened now and then to let some wandering monster of a ship come roaming up the street like a stranded leviathan. 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 124 The Swivel Bridge across the New Cut at Swansea Harbour. < as lemmas |
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