词汇 | quay |
释义 | quay noun[ C ] uk /kiː/ us /kiː/ a long structure, usually built of stone, where boats can be tied up to take on and off their goods驳岸,码头 xbrchx/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Ports & docks anchorage boatyard breakwater container port container terminal dock dockland dry dock harbour master haven landing stage marina passport control port quayside seaport shipyard slipway terminal wharf quay | American Dictionaryquay noun[ C ] us/ki, keɪ, kweɪ/ a long, usually stone structure beside water, where boats can be tied up and their goods can be loaded or unloaded quay | Business Englishquay noun[ C ] uk /kiː/us TRANSPORT a long structure, usually built of stone, where boats can be tied up to take on and off their goods: The dock area was full of dilapidated warehouses and quays. See also delivered ex quay Examples of quayquay It also hovers at an urban scale including the square, the quay and the lake. Being absent is also risky because drivers appointed by the port authorities will remove the cars from the quay. These drivers usually work under pressure of time, and their chief interest is to drive the cars from the quay as soon as possible. The estimated cost of development (the quay, the promenade, streets and parking places) was about 700,000 pounds. Originally built to serve ships, the scale of the quays is unsuitable for recreational pursuits. The quays of the basin could remain free of cars, because of the proposed parking garage typology. Special attention is to be given to the quays. From the eleventh century onwards the owners of the quays progressively extended them into the river, by more than 100 metres in the busiest neighbourhood. On the waterfront, a 25 m wide quay promenade, a road and a sidewalk and arches containing various shops would be built. A variety of public spaces were used: streets, courts, alleys, squares, quays. Items commonly placed under ' other purposes ' ranged widely and included parks and pleasure grounds, cemeteries, artisans' dwelling improvement schemes, public lighting, fire brigades, slaughterhouses and piers, docks and quays. Indeed, ships prefer to move to another quay, even to another harbor, rather than to wait in the quay if the quay crane is not instantaneously operational. Canals and buildings form urban pattern with townhouses on islands surrounded by water rather than treated as houses on a quay or villas behind a coastline. So, the nonproduction or unavailability cost of complex systems such as quay crane (indirect cost) is also important even more than the repairing cost (direct cost). Next, the car's front doors are pulled open, two or more persons jump hurriedly inside and drive the car off with spinning wheels from the quay. See all examples of quay These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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