bridges

1. N-COUNT 桥；桥梁
   A bridge is a structure that is built over a railway, river, or road so that people or vehicles can cross from one side to the other.
   1. He walked back over the railway bridge.
      他从铁路桥上走了回去。
   2. ...the Golden Gate Bridge.
      金门大桥
2. N-COUNT （连接两地的）桥梁，纽带
   A bridge between two places is a piece of land that joins or connects them.
   1. ...a land bridge linking Serbian territories.
      连接塞尔维亚不同地区的陆桥
3. VERB 弥合（分歧）；消除（隔阂）
   To bridge the gap between two people or things means to reduce it or get rid of it.
   1. It is unlikely that the two sides will be able to bridge their differences.
      双方不太可能消除彼此之间的分歧。
4. VERB 兼具… 的特点
   Something that bridges the gap between two very different things has some of the qualities of each of these things.
   1. ...the singer who bridged the gap between pop music and opera.
      将通俗音乐与歌剧结合起来的歌手
5. N-COUNT 桥梁；媒介；纽带
   If something or someone acts as a bridge between two people, groups, or things, they connect them.
   1. We hope this book will act as a bridge between doctor and patient...
      我们希望这本书能成为医生与患者之间沟通的桥梁。
   2. They saw themselves as a bridge to peace.
      他们把自己看作实现和平的使者。
6. 舰桥
   The bridge is the place on a ship from which it is steered.
7. N-COUNT 鼻梁
   The bridge of your nose is the thin top part of it, between your eyes.
   1. On the bridge of his hooked nose was a pair of gold rimless spectacles.
      他的鹰钩鼻上架着一副金色无框眼镜。
8. （眼镜的）鼻梁架
   The bridge of a pair of glasses is the part that rests on your nose.
9. （小提琴、吉他等弦乐器的）琴马，琴桥
   The bridge of a violin, guitar, or other stringed instrument is the small piece of wood under the strings that holds them up.
10. （固定假牙的）齿桥
    A bridge is a piece of metal or plastic that holds false teeth in place by connecting them to natural teeth.
11. 桥牌
    Bridge is a card game for four players in which the players begin by declaring how many tricks they expect to win.
12. See also: suspension bridge
13. 破釜沉舟；自绝退路
    If you burn your bridges, you do something which forces you to continue with a particular course of action, and makes it impossible for you to return to an earlier situation or relationship.
14. water under the bridge → see: water

1. Weeks of heavy rain have washed away roads and bridges.
   几周的大雨将道路和桥梁都冲垮了。
2. The traffic clogged the Thames bridges.
   往来的车辆把泰晤士河上的桥都堵死了。
3. Entire villages have been washed away. Roads and bridges have been destroyed and crops ruined.
   这些村庄全部都被冲走了。道路和桥梁都被破坏了，农作物也全毁了。
4. They requested sappers to mend bridges or remove mines.
   他们要求坑道工兵修桥或拆雷。
5. About half of those funds has gone to repair public roads, structures and bridges
   那些基金中大约有一半已被用来维修公路、公共建筑物和桥梁。
6. Flood waters washed away one of the main bridges in Pusan
   洪水冲垮了釜山的一座主要桥梁。
7. Dr Bridges is regarded as the world leader in psychosurgery.
   布里奇斯医生被认为是全球精神外科领域的执牛耳者。
8. Many bridges span the Thames.
   很多桥横亘在泰晤士河上。
9. It was a race against time to seize the bridges and overwhelm the garrison.
   为了夺取桥梁，击溃守敌，必须分秒必争。
10. She burned her bridges when she married him.
    她与他结婚系破釜沉舟之举。
11. Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railroad and a highway.
    桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。
12. And part of the river's ugly and many of the bridges are.
    其实那条河，有些地段真叫人恶心，好多桥也是丑八怪似的。
13. So the government has burned most of its bridges to the outside.
    这样一来政府与外界的关系大部分都断绝了。
14. The analysis of cracking in steel bridges can usually be accomplished by using linearelastic fracture mechanics.
    通常可用线弹性断裂力学进行钢桥裂纹分析。
15. The conclusions can provide valuable reference for the design and construction of PC box girder bridges.
    研究结论可为预应力混凝土箱梁桥的设计和施工提供参考。
16. Most of the effects of wind on buildings, bridges, chimneys, and towers are damaging.
    风对房屋、桥梁、烟囱和楼塔的作用大多具有破坏性。
17. This type of cooperation will increasingly stimulate more engineers and contractors to design and build the modern cable-stayed bridges.
    这样形式的结合，将越来越能激发更多的工程师和承包商们来设计和建造现代的斜缆索桥。
18. I have burned all my bridges in this town.
    我在这什么都没了。
19. In Switzerland a number of tunnels and bridges have had cathodic protection applied.
    在瑞士，有很多隧道和桥梁应用了阴极保护。
20. She studied all about bridges and about mathematics, and she went to the bridge daily.
    她研究了所有关于桥梁的技术和数学，并且每天都到桥那里去。
21. This paper introduces structure of waveform steel web prestress concrete box girder and construction method for several bridges.
    介绍了波形钢腹板预应力混凝土箱梁的结构和几座桥梁的施工方法。
22. The houses and bridges were washed away by the flood.
    洪水冲走了房屋和桥梁。
23. The reform and open policy in China has brought an upsurge in building long-span bridges and tall structures.
    摘要我国的改革开放政策带来了大跨度桥梁和高耸结构建设的高潮。
24. The builders have contracted for three bridges this year.
    今年这些建筑工人已经承包了三座新桥梁。
25. He designs roads and bridges.
    他设计道路和桥梁。
26. This is not about bridges and canals, or structural reforms.
    这与修建桥梁和运河、或是结构改革都毫无关系。
27. Not just roads and bridges, but high-speed railroads and expanded broadband access.
    不仅是道路和桥梁，还有高速铁路和拓展宽带服务。
28. The earthquake triggered landslides, and damaged numerous roads, bridges and buildings.
    地震造成滑坡，并破坏了若干道路、梁和建筑。
29. Trusses have been extensively in roofing and Bridges.
    桁架在修建屋顶和桥梁时被广泛应用。
30. The Thames is spanned by many bridges.
    泰晤士河上架设了许多桥梁。

noun

1. United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)

   Synonym:    Harry Bridges