土木工程英语Unit 4 Lecture 2.pptx

Unit4

BridgeandTunnelConstructionPartIIProfessionaltermsandexpressions

1.SomewordsyoushouldknowThefollowingarethewordsthatappearinthisunit.Pleasegetfamiliarwiththem.

strandn.athinthreadofsomething,oftenoneofafew,twistedaroundeachothertomakeastringorropev.toleaveordrive(ships,fish,etc)agroundorashoreor(ofships,fish,etc)tobeleftordrivenashore“Thisboathasbeenfoundstrandedonthebeachformonths.”

cantilevern.alongbarthatisfixedatonlyoneendtoaverticalsupportandisusedtoholdastructuresuchasanarch,bridge,orshelfinpositionv.tosupportbyacantilever“acantileveredshelf”

retrofitv.tofurnish(something,suchasacomputer,airplane,orbuilding)withnewormodifiedpartsorequipmentnotavailableorconsiderednecessaryatthetimeofmanufacture“Thisoldbridgehasnotbeenretrofittedforacenturybutstillstandssteadily.”BeforeAfter

drapev.toputsomethingsomewheresothatithangsorlieslooselyn.thewayinwhichclothfoldsorhangsasitcoverssomething“Inasuspensionbridge,thetraffic-carryingdeckissupportedbyaseriesofwireropesthathangfrommassivecablesdrapedbetweentalltowers.”“Shelikedtheheavydrapeofvelvet.”

anchorv.tofastentightlyn.aheavymetalobject,usuallyshapedlikeacrosswithcurvedarms,onastrongropeorchain,thatisdroppedfromaboatintothewatertopreventtheboatfrommovingaway“Thecablesareanchoredtothebridge.”

tolln.asmallamountofmoneythatyouhavetopaytousearoad,crossabridge,etcn.thenumberofpeoplekilledorinjuredinaparticularaccident,byaparticularillness,etc“Thebombingstookaheavytoll,killinghundredsofLondoners.”

falseworkn.temporaryconstructionworkonwhichamainworkiswhollyorpartlybuiltandsupporteduntilthemainworkisstrongenoughtosupportitself

seismicadj.relatingtoorcausedbyearthquakesadj.verygreat,serious,orimportant“increa