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jetty

/jet-ee/US // ˈdʒɛt i //UK // (ˈdʒɛtɪ) //

码头,栈桥,栈道,栈桥式

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural jet·ties.

    • : a pier or structure of stones, piles, or the like, projecting into the sea or other body of water to protect a harbor, deflect the current, etc.
    • : a wharf or landing pier.
    • : the piles or wooden structure protecting a pier.
    • : Also jutty. an overhang, as of an upper story beyond a lower.
v.有主动词 verb
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    jet·tied, jet·ty·ing.

    • : to construct so that it projects beyond lower construction; jutty.

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Examples

  • Carlsbad and its Tamarack State Beach has its own jetty to trap sand there, the Coast News reported.

  • The other options would be building two artificial reefs, or extending an existing jetty or continuing to slap sand on the beach.

  • There are a few options on the table, like building jetties or an artificial reef designed to keep sand near the coast.

  • The bulk of recreational diving for Florida lobsters is done in the Florida Keys, where spiny lobsters are found under small rocky shelves, near reefs, and around jetties.

  • The Daily Pic: Robert Smithson found spirals before his "Jetty".

  • The mask also points to how early Smithson came to the main motif of his most famous work, the “Spiral Jetty” earthwork from 1970.

  • When the waves reached their violent peak, a BUD/S instructor standing on top of the jetty would signal with his flashlight.

  • From these homes one can see the lighthouse, the jetty, some small islands, but nothing more.

  • It also authorised the construction and maintenance, as p. 150part of such railways, of any pier, quay or jetty.

  • The half-dozen serviceable boats were gathered a couple of hundred yards away about a short wooden jetty.

  • The tide was creaming over the short thumb of a jetty, and the herd of small black cows was patrolling the beach.

  • The boats by the short thumb of a jetty had not been used for a week, and lay high up the beach.

  • Not only has this town no fort, but it has not even a jetty.