English Dictionary

bridge

IPA（発音記号）

/bɹɪd͡ʒ/

名詞

A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc. / (anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.

日本語の意味

河川、峡谷、谷などの上を横切るために造られた構造物（車両、歩行者、列車などの通行を可能にする橋） / 解剖学的な意味では、人間の鼻の上部にある骨で形成された隆起部（ブリッジ）

We walked across the old wooden bridge at dawn, watching the mist rise from the river below.

私たちは夜明けに古い木造の橋を渡り、下を流れる川から立ち上る霧を眺めました。

意味（1）

A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.

The rope bridge crosses the river.

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(anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.

Rugby players often break the bridge of their noses.

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(dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.

The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.

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(bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball

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(nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.

The first officer is on the bridge.

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(music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.

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(billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.

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(billiards, snooker, pool) A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.

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Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.

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(wrestling) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.

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(gymnastics) A similar position in gymnastics.

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(medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution

ECMO is used as a bridge to surgery to stabilize the patient.

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(computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.

This chip is the bridge between the front-side bus and the I/O bus.

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(programming) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.

The plugin also acts as a bridge with BuddyPress and adds things like the top admin bar, and so on.

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(networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.

The LAN bridge uses a spanning tree algorithm.

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(chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.

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(electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.

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(music) A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.

The lyrics in the song's bridge inverted its meaning.

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(graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.

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(poetry) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.

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(diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.

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A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.

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(electronics) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit

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A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.

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(cycling) The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.

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A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.

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(roller derby) An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.

bridges （ plural ）