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单词 flying bridge
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flying bridge


noun

Also called flybridge, fly bridge, monkey bridge. Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
Architecture. skybridge (def. 2).

Origin of flying bridge

First recorded in 1480–90

Words nearby flying bridge

flying, flying boat, flying bomb, flying bond, flying boxcar, flying bridge, flying buttress, flying circus, flying colors, flying colours, flying column
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Example sentences from the Web for flying bridge

  • I perched myself high up on the flying-bridge and watched the busy scene below.

    The Relief of Mafeking|Filson Young
  • A floating body, propelled from one bank to the other by the current of the stream, is termed a flying-bridge.

    Elements of Military Art and Science|Henry Wager Halleck

British Dictionary definitions for flying bridge

flying bridge

noun

an auxiliary bridge of a vessel, usually built above or far outboard of the main bridge
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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