| 单词 | gantry |
| 释义 | Word Frequency gantry(ˈɡæntrɪ) or gauntry nounWord forms: plural -tries 1. a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc 2. Also called: gantry scaffold the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad 3. a supporting framework for a barrel or cask 4. a. the area behind a bar where bottles, esp spirit bottles mounted in optics, are kept for use or display b. the range or quality of the spirits on view this pub's got a good gantry Word origin C16 (in the sense: wooden platform for barrels): from Old French chantier, from Medieval Latin cantārius, changed from Latin canthērius supporting frame, pack ass; related to Greek kanthēlios pack ass |
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