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单词 gantry
释义
gantrygan‧try /ˈɡæntri/ noun (plural gantries) [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINgantry
Origin:
1500-1600 Perhaps from Old North French gantier, from Latin cantherius ‘frame of crossed pieces of wood’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Between them girders and gantries of black iron ran like gigantic roadways spanning gulfs of empty air.
  • Birkwood Lock, the first mechanized lock with control tower and traffic light gantry.
  • He climbed away from their reaching hands, on to the very top of the gantry, breaking the spines of his peacock wings.
  • John Laing Services were accused of failing to maintain the gantry and insure its safety.
  • The island gantry and the whole atmosphere is superbly Victorian.
  • Three companies had denied breaking safety rules after two workmen were killed after a gantry fixed to the Severn Bridge collapsed.
  • When Antoine finished he looked like a floodlit gantry.
word sets
WORD SETS
adobe, nounasphalt, nounbatten, nounbeam, nounblueprint, nounboard, nounboom, nounbreeze-block, nounbrick, nounbricklayer, nounbrickwork, nounbucket, nounbuilder, nounbuilding contractor, nounbuilding site, nounbulldoze, verbbulldozer, nounbuttress, nouncaisson, nouncantilever, nouncastellated, adjectivecavity wall, nouncement, nouncement, verbconcrete, adjectiveconcrete, nounconcrete, verbconduit, nounconstruct, verbcrane, nouncrosspiece, noundaub, noundigger, noundowel, noundrain, noundrainage, noundraughtsman, noundry-stone wall, noundry wall, nounduckboards, noundustsheet, nounembankment, nounerect, verberection, nounfence, verbfencing, nounfiberboard, nounfibreboard, nounfloor plan, nounfoundation, noungantry, noungatepost, noungirder, noungreenfield site, nounhalf-timbered, adjectivehard hat, nounhod, nounhousing association, nounhousing project, nounjackhammer, nounjib, nounjoist, nounkeystone, nounlath, nounleading, nounmansard, nounmortar, nounpanelling, nounpanel pin, nounpave, verbpavement, nounpebbledash, nounpier, nounpile driver, nounplank, nounplanking, nounplaster, nounplaster, verbplasterboard, nounplasterer, nounplate glass, nounpoint, verbPortakabin, nounprime, verbprimer, nounproperty developer, nounputty, nounquantity surveyor, nounrebuild, verbreconstruct, verbreconstruction, nounrefurbish, verbreinforced concrete, nounrendering, nounrenovate, verbrevetment, nounroof, nounroof, verbroofing, nounrooftop, nounrubble, nounsand, verbsandstone, nounsaw, verbscaffold, nounscaffolding, nounshovel, nounsite, nounskip, nounslab, nounslate, nounspan, verbstarter home, nounsteam shovel, nounstilt, nounstucco, nounsurface, verbsuspension bridge, nounthatch, nounthatched, adjectivetile, nountile, verbtiling, nountimber, nountopcoat, noun
a large metal frame which is used to support heavy machinery or railway signals
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