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pierhead

/peer-hed/US // ˈpɪərˌhɛd //

墩头,桥头堡,墩子头,桥头

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the outermost end of a pier or wharf.
    • : a breakwater.

Examples

  • An infernal machine, such as has before been described, was blown up at the pierhead.

  • I say, Mr Frobisher, did you happen to notice a yellow-skinned chap standing on the pierhead as we left the dock?

  • The first bath in that city was established in 1828, and is known as the Pierhead.

  • Again, at the pierhead, white handkerchiefs and cheering and a flutter of coloured dresses.

  • But having cajoled or coerced Jack to the pierhead, he seemed unpersuadable to the final step of getting aboard.