单词
gangway
英 ['g??we?]
美['ɡ??we]
基本信息
- n. 舷梯；跳板；进出通路；座间过道
- int. 让路
GRE
词态变化
复数:?gangways;
中文词源
gangway 跳板
gang, 走。way,路。用于指飞机或船舷的跳板。
英文词源
- gangway (n.)
- "temporary passageway" to a ship, building under construction, etc., ultimately from Old English gangweg "road, passage, thoroughfare;" a compound of gang (n.) in its original sense "a going, journey, way, passage" and way (n.). Nautical use dates from 1680s in reference to a passage on the ship, from 1780 of the opening at the side whereby people enter and leave, and by 1840s of the board or bridge they use to get to and from the dock. As a command to clear way, attested by 1912, American English. In British parliamentary use, with somewhat the same sense aisle has in the U.S. Congress.
Below the g[angway], as a parliamentary phrase, is applied to members whose customary seat does not imply close association with the official policy of the party on whose side of the House they sit. [Fowler]
双语例句
- 1. He slipped and fell on an airplane gangway as the cameras rolled.
- 在摄像时他不慎滑倒在飞机座位间的通道上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A man in the gangway suddenly stood up to reach for something in the overhead locker.
- 靠通道坐的一名男子突然起身去拿头顶上方行李舱里的什么东西。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Walking along the narrow gangway of the theater, I see a familiar face.
- 走在剧场里狭窄的过道上时我看到了一张熟悉的面孔.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. If you're hesitant , let's just chat at gangway before I leave.
- 要是你们难以决定,那就在我离开之前, 让我们到舷梯那儿谈一下吧.
来自辞典例句
- 5. They bolted down the gangway and took their tickets.
- 他们跑下阶梯,买好了票.
来自辞典例句
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