bridge

bridge¹
noun

a structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc. across a river, ravine, road, railway, or other obstacle
桥，桥梁
a bridge across the River Thames.
泰晤士河上的桥。
a railway bridge.
铁路桥。
■something which makes a physical connection between two other things
起连接作用的物体
■something which is intended to reconcile or form a connection between two seemingly incompatible things
桥梁，起沟通作用的东西，纽带
a committee which was formed to create a bridge between rival party groups.
为在两个竞争党派之间起桥梁作用而成立的委员会。
■a partial denture supported by natural teeth on either side
齿桥（钩住两边真牙使假牙固定的牙托）。参见 bridgework
■the support for the tip of a billiard cue formed by the hand
球杆的凹口支架
■a long stick with a frame at the end which is used to support a cue for a difficult shot
（带支架的）球杆
■(Music)an upright piece of wood or a stringed instrument over which the strings are stretched
(乐)（提琴的）琴马
(Music)a bridge passage or middle eight
(乐)过渡乐节
■short for land bridge
land bridge 的简称
The main types of bridge are the girder, arch, suspension, cantilever, and drawbridge or bascule. Famous examples of suspension bridges include the Golden Gate Bridge near San Francisco and the Humber Bridge in England. The Forth railway bridge in Scotland is a cantilever bridge. London's Tower Bridge uses counterweights and gears to allow two bascules spanning 61 m (200 ft) to be raised to allow the passage of ships
the elevated, enclosed platform on a ship from which the captain and officers direct operations
（船舰的）桥楼，驾驶台，舰桥，舰楼
the upper bony part of a person's nose
鼻梁
he pushed his spectacles further up the bridge of his nose.
他把鼻梁上的眼镜往上推了推。
■the central part of a pair of glasses, fitting over this
（眼镜的）鼻梁架
these sunglasses have a special nose bridge for comfort.
这些太阳镜有特制的鼻梁架，佩戴起来较舒服。
electric circuit with two branches across which a detector or load is connected. These circuits are used to measure resistance or other property by equalizing the potential across the two ends of a detector, or to rectify an alternating voltage or current
电桥

verb

[with obj.]be a bridge over (something)
作桥连结；横跨…之上
a covered walkway bridged the gardens.
花园之间以有顶篷的过道相连。
■build bridge over (something)
架桥于
earlier attempts to bridge St George's Channel had failed.
早先有人尝试在圣乔治海峡上架桥，但未成功。
■make (a difference between two groups) smaller or less significant
缩小差距
new initiatives were needed to bridge the great abyss of class.
要缩小阶级差距必须采取新的积极措施。

常用词组
cross that bridge when one comes to it

to deal with a problem when and if it arises
待到问题出现时再解决不迟

派生
bridgeable
adjective
语源

Old English brycg (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brug and German Brücke

bridge²
noun

[mass noun]a card game related to whist, played by two partnerships of two players who at the beginning of each hand bid for the right to name the trump suit, the highest bid also representing a contract to make a specified number of tricks with a specified suit as trumps
桥牌
In bridge, the members of each pair sit opposite one another; and in each hand one player (declarer) plays both his or her own hand and the exposed cards of their partner (dummy). The modern form of bridge is called contract bridge; its principal features are a complex bidding system and a scoring system for the card play in which only tricks that were bid as well as won count towards game. The main form of competitive bridge for tournaments is duplicate bridge, in which the same pre-arranged hands are played independently by several pairs or teams

语源

late 19th cent.: of unknown origin

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