| 词汇 | viaduct |
| 释义 | viaduct noun[ C ] uk /ˈvaɪə.dʌkt/ us /ˈvaɪə.dʌkt/ a long, high bridge, usually held up by many arches, that carries a railway or a road over a valley: 高架桥;高架道路 a railway viaduct高架铁路桥 Malcolm MacGregor/Moment/GettyImages Bridges abutment airbridge aqueduct bridge cofferdam drawbridge flyover footbridge grade separation humpback bridge jetty overpass pier pontoon rope bridge span suspension bridge swing bridge toll bridge unbridged viaduct | American Dictionaryviaduct noun[ C ] us/ˈvɑɪ·əˌdʌkt/ a high bridge that carries a road or railroad over an area that is difficult to cross, such as a deep valley, very wet land, or the steep side of a hill: An ancient Roman viaduct crosses the valley. Examples of viaductviaduct The itinerant specialist and the gradual erasure of local variation were as much the product of the railway age as its viaducts and tunnels. These hypotheses are much more extreme than those generally accepted for viaducts. A tall viaduct pier, such as the one we are planning, could thus simply be composed of four corner uprights, built in the form of caissons. The viaduct's preservation bestows on it a permanence which is curiously at odds with the marginal situation which provided the conditions for its survival after 1964. That viaduct is in a bleak area of the countryside and has stood there for more than 100 years, battered by winds and storms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have tested the central reservation rails on a number of sections of the midland link viaducts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The main road is very narrow—in some places tankers will have to slow down to two miles an hour—and there are numerous bridges and viaducts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I had to spend eight hours a day in a railway booking office situated under a viaduct. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first was a road partly on an embankment alongside the railway and on a viaduct over it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all that effort the embankment had to be abandoned and a viaduct was built instead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is ludicrous to say that the only solution is to build another viaduct alongside it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the past 10 years, there has been no programme to replace the bearings or bearing plinths on any of the viaducts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We recently carried out a successful experiment to test the feasibility of spreading urea on the viaducts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that the work that was done on the viaduct before the war had to be done because that part of it was unsafe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does that mean that the board will be entitled to demolish the viaduct? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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