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  1. Oxford American Dictionary

    pier

    • IPA[pir]

    美式

    • n.
      a platform supported on pillars or girders leading out from the shore into a body of water, used as a landing stage for boats；a structure supported on pillars leading out to sea and used as an entertainment area, typically incorporating arcades and places to eat

    • noun: pier, plural noun: piers

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    名詞

    • 1. a platform supported on pillars or girders leading out from the shore into a body of water, used as a landing stage for boats to my right lies the wooden pier where boats moor during the summer 同義詞 jetty, quay, wharf, dock, landing, ... 更多
    • ▪ a structure supported on pillars leading out to sea and used as an entertainment area, typically incorporating arcades and places to eat the pier was the fourth longest in the country at 562 feet, with a large saloon and concert hall at the end
    • ▪ a breakwater or mole work began on two basins and breakwater piers
    • 2. a solid support designed to sustain vertical pressure a raised foundation rests on four piers—concrete cylinders dug partially into the ground for stability
    • ▪ a pillar supporting an arch or a bridge the approach viaducts to the bridge consist of reinforced concrete piers supporting four main beams 同義詞 support, cutwater, pile, piling, plinth, ... 更多
    • ▪ a section of a wall between windows or other adjacent openings this painting found a new home positioned in the pier between the southwest window and the door to the Red Room