单词	abutment
释义	abutment /əˈbʌtm(ə)nt / noun 1A structure built to support the lateral pressure of an arch or span, e.g. at the ends of a bridge: the first bridge was of timber with stone abutments... It has been inserted into the stone abutment of a railway bridge which, long demolished, once spanned the river Serein. Various foundation types have been adopted to support the bridge piers and abutments. Richard Robidoux, the project manager for E. D. Swett, Inc., said a hundred piles were driven to a depth of between 120 and 160 feet for the bridge abutments. 1.1 [mass noun] The process of supporting something with an abutment: efficient abutment is needed at this point... The design called for this kind of abutment in several places which gave me a bit of grief down the road, since what actually happens on a site will vary from the most carefully drawn plans. 1.2A point at which something abuts against something else: a mirror with a delicate border of engraved blue glass in ten sections, each abutment masked by a thin metal strip
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