新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

bridge

英 [brɪdʒ]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

bridges
1. [C 可数名词] 桥
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.
双语例句
例：
He walked back over the railway bridge.
他从铁路桥上走了回去。
2. [C 可数名词] （连接两地的）陆桥
A bridge between two places is a piece of land that joins or connects them.
双语例句
例：
a land bridge linking Serbian territories.
连接塞尔维亚领土的陆桥。
3. [C 可数名词] 纽带
If something or someone acts as a bridge between two people, groups, or things, they connect them.
双语例句
例：
We hope this book will act as a bridge between doctor and patient.
我们希望这本书将成为连结医生与病人的纽带。
4. [C 可数名词] 舰桥
The bridge is the place on a ship from which it is steered.
双语例句
例：
Captain Ronald Warwick was on the bridge when the wave hit.
浪打来时,罗纳德·沃里克船长正在舰桥上。
5. [C 可数名词] （鼻）梁
The bridge of your nose is the thin top part of it, between your eyes.
双语例句
例：
On the bridge of his hooked nose was a pair of gold rimless spectacles.
他的鹰勾鼻梁上架着一副镀金无边眼镜。
6. [C 可数名词] （眼镜的）鼻梁架
The bridge of a pair of glasses is the part that rests on your nose.
7. [C 可数名词] （小提琴、吉他等弦乐器的）琴马
The bridge of a violin, guitar, or other stringed instrument is the small piece of wood under the strings that holds them up.
8. [U 不可数名词] 桥牌
Bridge is a card game for four players in which the players begin by declaring how many tricks they expect to win.

VERB. 动词

bridges , bridging , bridged
1. [T 及物动词] 克服（障碍）
To bridge the gap between two people or things means to reduce it or get rid of it.
近义词
overcome
双语例句
例：
It is unlikely that the two sides will be able to bridge their differences.
双方不太可能会克服彼此间的分歧。
2. [T 及物动词] 结合（极为不同的两者）
Something that bridges the gap between two very different things has some of the qualities of each of these things.
双语例句
例：
the singer who bridged the gap between pop music and opera.
将流行音乐和歌剧融合的歌手。