一、詳細(xì)釋義：


n.

碼頭，防波堤


例句：

Heavy seas broke over the pier.

巨浪沖過(guò)了防波堤。


例句：

Two boats hauled up at the pier.

兩條船在碼頭停下。


橋墩，橋柱，支柱


例句：

The picnic was held on a very picturesque pier right off the beach.

聚餐的地點(diǎn)是在海灘邊一個(gè)風(fēng)景如畫的橋墩上。


例句：

Collision walls may be required by railroad owners if the pier is in close proximity to the railroad.

如果橋墩十分靠近鐵道，鐵道業(yè)主可能要求建造防撞墻。


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二、詞義辨析：


harbour,port,wharf,pier,seaport

這些名詞都有“港，港口，碼頭”之意。 harbour一般用詞，指停泊船只、裝卸貨物的天然或人工港口。 port多指人工港口，還可指有港口的市。 wharf指船只停泊裝卸貨物的碼頭。 pier專指與海岸成直角形而突出的碼頭，可供旅客，貨物上下船或供人散步用。 seaport指港埠。


三、相關(guān)短語(yǔ)：


pier glass

n. 穿衣鏡


四、參考例句：


The ship lies at the pier.

船在碼頭停著。


Two boats hauled up at the pier.

兩條船在碼頭停下。


The father and his son took fishing tackle to the pier for fishing.

父子倆帶著漁具到碼頭釣魚。


The picnic was held on a very picturesque pier right off the beach.

聚餐的地點(diǎn)是在海灘邊一個(gè)風(fēng)景如畫的橋墩上。


Collision walls may be required by railroad owners if the pier is in close proximity to the railroad.

如果橋墩十分靠近鐵道，鐵道業(yè)主可能要求建造防撞墻。


However, once the school bell rang there was no stopping them - and fans flocked close to the pier while the lads filmed in chilly conditions.

但是，放學(xué)之后學(xué)生們就自由了，鈴聲一響，喜歡單向樂(lè)隊(duì)的學(xué)生們就涌到他們拍攝MV的橋墩。當(dāng)天冷風(fēng)習(xí)習(xí)，樂(lè)隊(duì)成員們?yōu)榱伺臄z不惜吹著冷風(fēng)。


Blackpool recently spent about $4 million building new kiosks for vendors and improving seating around the Central Pier and plans to spend a further $15 million on various amenity projects.

布萊克浦最近花費(fèi)140萬(wàn)美元為商販修建新商亭，增加中心碼頭附近的座位數(shù)，并計(jì)劃再花費(fèi)1 500萬(wàn)美元修建各種生活福利設(shè)施。