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pier 音標拼音: [p'ɪr] n. 碼頭,橋墩,防波堤 碼頭,橋墩,防波堤 pier n 1: a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats [ synonym: { pier}, { wharf}, { wharfage}, { dock}] 2: ( architecture) a vertical supporting structure ( as a portion of wall between two doors or windows) 3: a support for two adjacent bridge spansPier \ Pier\, n. [ OE. pere, OF. piere a stone, F. pierre, fr. L. petra, Gr. ?. Cf. { Petrify}.] 1. ( Arch.) ( a) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings. ( b) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See { Buttress}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A projecting wharf or landing place. [ 1913 Webster] { Abutment pier}, the pier of a bridge next the shore; a pier which by its strength and stability resists the thrust of an arch. { Pier glass}, a mirror, of high and narrow shape, to be put up between windows. { Pier table}, a table made to stand between windows. [ 1913 Webster] 92 Moby Thesaurus words for " pier": abutment, anchorage, anchorage ground, arc- boutant, arcade, atlas, baluster, balustrade, banister, bank, base, basin, beam, berth, breakwater, bulkhead, bulwark, buttress, buttress pier, buttressing, caryatid, colonnade, colonnette, column, dado, die, dock, dockage, dockyard, dry dock, embankment, flying buttress, footstalk, groin, hanging buttress, harbor, harborage, haven, jack, jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, levee, marina, mole, moorings, newel- post, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, peristyle, pier buttress, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, plinth, pole, port, portico, post, protected anchorage, quay, queen- post, rampart, retaining wall, road, roads, roadstead, seaport, seawall, shaft, shipyard, shoulder, slip, socle, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, subbase, support, surbase, telamon, trunk, upright, wharf, wharfage
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