viaduct
英 ['va??d?kt]
美['va??d?kt]
- n. 高架橋；高架鐵路
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?viaducts;
中文詞源
viaduct 高架橋
via,路，duct,管道。引申詞義高架橋。
英文詞源
- viaduct (n.)
- 1816, from Latin via "road" (see via) + -duct as in aqueduct. French viaduc is a 19c. English loan-word.
An extensive bridge consisting, strictly of a series of arches of masonry, erected for the purpose of conducting a road or a railway a valley or a district of low level, or over existing channels of communication, where an embankment would be impracticable or inexpedient; more widely, any elevated roadway which artificial constructions of timber, iron, bricks, or stonework are established. [Century Dictionary]
But the word apparently was coined by English landscape gardener Humphry Repton (1752-1818) for an architectural feature, "a form of bridge adapted to the purposes of passing over, which may unite strength with grace, or use with beauty ...."
雙語例句
- 1. With their aid a vital viaduct on the main Athens railway line was destroyed.
- 在他們的幫助下,破壞了雅典鐵路干線上的一座主要高架橋梁.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Viaduct accounts for 86 percent of the Pearl Line.
- 摘要明珠線全長86%是高架橋.
來自互聯網
- 3. They were a helicopter to film the train going Viaduct.
- 他們用直升飛機拍攝列車通過橋的場景.
來自互聯網
- 4. An overhead road for cars or trains is called a viaduct.
- 在公路上有高架橋供火車和汽車通過.
來自互聯網
- 5. Across the high viaduct rumbles a late train.
- 一趟晚班列車隆隆駛過高架鐵路.
來自互聯網