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girders

UK //ˈɡɜː.dər//US //ˈɡɝː.dɚ//

词源

源自中古英语 'girdel'(意为腰带),后引申为支撑结构的横向部件,与德语 'Gürtel'(腰带)同源。

noun

❶ 指建筑或桥梁中用于支撑重量的水平或斜向金属梁,通常由钢或铁制成,构成结构的骨架部分。

“The workers installed massive steel girders to support the new bridge.”

(工人们安装了巨大的钢梁来支撑新桥梁。)

“Rust had begun to eat away at the old girders of the warehouse.”

(仓库的旧钢梁已经开始被锈蚀。)

同义词:beams, supports, joists

常见短语

iron girders — 特指由铁制成的承重梁,多见于早期工业建筑或特定工程结构。

“The 19th-century railway station still retains its original iron girders.”

(这座19世纪的火车站仍保留着原有的铁制横梁。)