| 单词 | bridge foot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbridge foot C1. General attributive, with the sense ‘of, belonging, or relating to a bridge’ (sense 1); as bridge arch, bridge end, bridge foot, bridge pier, bridge repair, bridge warden, etc.See also bridgehead n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > parts of pierlOE bridge foota1450 heada1450 staddling1461 foota1500 bridge end1515 jowel1516 causey1523 starling?c1684 rib1735 spur1736 icebreaker1744 jetty1772 cutwater1776 roadway1798 sleeper1823 water-breaker1823 centrya1834 stem1835 suspension-tower1842 cantilever1850 semi-beam1850 pylon1851 half-chess1853 span1862 sway-bracing1864 needle-beam1867 ice apron1871 newel1882 flood-arch1891 needle girder1898 sway-brace1909 trough flooring1911 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > parts of > the rise of an arch bridge arch1677 versed sine1838 spring1886 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1932) III. l. 16912 (MED) The Noyse myhte wel ben herd atte brygge Foot. 1515 Capystranus sig. C1v Twenty thousande of our men Were borne downe at the brydge ende. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 24 Feb. (1974) VIII. 82 How the mistress of the Beare tavern at the bridge-foot did lately fling herself into the Thames and drownded herself. 1677 R. Izacke Antiq. Exeter 120 About the end of November [in 1539] one of the middle Arches of Exbridge fell down, and was again speedily Erected by the Bridge-Warden. 1731 Justice's Case Law 58 Pleadings about a private Bridge Repair. 1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May xiii. 84 At Winchester I saw a Man angling with the Caddis Fly, just by one of the Bridge Arches. 1863 R. Fortune Visits Japan & China i. 7 A placard set up near the bridge gate. 1873 F. Robertson Engin. Notes i. 19 Bridge parapets may be of stone, with brick or stone coping, or of brick with ditto. 1930 Morning Post 9 Aug. 11 200 men have been employed excavating granite for the facing of the bridge piers and pylons. 1980 M. Robinson Housekeeping iii. 55 In the dream the bridge pilings do not tremble so perilously under the weight of the train. 2018 Richmond River (New S. Wales) Express Examiner (Nexis) 13 June 35 Work to install concrete bridge girders to form the deck of the bridge started in late March. < as lemmas |
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