Gangway



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 上下船的) 跳板
• ［英］ n. ( 上下船的) 跳板 ( gangplank)
• ［类］ drawbridge : castle / gangway : ship ( 进入城堡要通过吊桥 / 进入船要通过跳板)
• ［记］ 组合词: gang ( 帮派, 路) +way ( 路) -> 通向路的路 -> 跳板

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: before 12th century
• 1. passageway; especially a temporary way of planks
• 2.
  • a. either of the sides of the upper deck of a ship
  • b. the opening by which a ship is boarded
  • c. gangplank
• 3. British aisle
• 4.
  • a. a cross aisle dividing the front benches from the backbenches in the British House of Commons
  • b. an aisle in the British House of Commons that separates government and opposition benches
• 5. a clear passage through a crowd — often used as an interjection

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