单词	pontoon
释义	pontoonpon‧toon /pɒnˈtuːn $ pɑːn-/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINpontoon Origin: 1600-1700 French ponton ‘floating bridge’, from Latin ponto, from pons ‘bridge’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Again the pontoons refused to rise from the water. Lastly to make the picture more realistic, some crew are placed on board, and on the floating pontoons. Only some sailors in blue jerseys who appeared as the Shirley chugged alongside the boarding pontoon. The empty network of pontoons stretched across the river like floating railway lines. The solution he came up with was to use pontoons instead of wheels. Then he got me and two more drivers to go into his room for a hand of pontoon. There was not enough wind, and as Elmer had said, the pontoons acted like a dime stuck to the table. word sets WORD SETS► Cards ace, nounbaccarat, nounbid, nounblackjack, nounbridge, nouncanasta, nouncard, nouncard table, nouncontract bridge, nouncourt card, nouncrib, nouncribbage, nouncut, verbdeal, noundeal, verbdealer, noundeck, noundiscard, verbdiscard, noundummy, nounface card, nounflush, nounfull house, noungin rummy, noungrand slam, nounhand, nounjack, nounjoker, nounking, nounkitty, nounknave, nounlead, verboverbid, verbpack, nounpatience, nounpicture card, nounplaying card, nounpoker, nounpontoon, nounqueen, nounraise, verbrubber, nounrummy, nounrun, nounshuffle, verbshuffle, nounsnap, nounsnap, interjectionsolitaire, nounspade, nounstrip poker, nounsuit, nountrick, nountrump, nountrump, verbtwenty-one, nounwhist, nounwild, adjectivewild card, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► bridge · We soon saw the lengthy pontoon bridge spanning the Angara River.· Military traffic has been crossing the new pontoon bridge since Dec. 31 at a rate up to 400 vehicles each day.· The pontoon bridge linking Balzac to Joyce. 1[countable] one of several metal containers or boats that are fastened together to support a floating bridge2[countable] one of two hollow metal containers fastened to the bottom of a plane so that it can come down onto water and float3[uncountable] British English a card game, usually played for money SYN blackjack American English
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