初级英语每日阅读：雨后天空中的彩虹与自然景色

名词桥; 桥牌; 鼻梁; 起联系作用的东西

及物动词在…建桥，架桥于…之上; 通过桥横跨

1. 桥；桥梁
A bridge is a structure that is built over a railway, river, or road so that people or vehicles can cross from one side to the other.

e.g. He walked back over the railway bridge.
他从铁路桥上走了回去。
e.g. ...the Golden Gate Bridge.
金门大桥

2. （连接两地的）桥梁，纽带
A bridge between two places is a piece of land that joins or connects them.

e.g. ...a land bridge linking Serbian territories.
连接塞尔维亚不同地区的陆桥

3. 弥合（分歧）；消除（隔阂）
To bridge the gap between two people or things means to reduce it or get rid of it.

e.g. It is unlikely that the two sides will be able to bridge their differences.
双方不太可能消除彼此之间的分歧。

4. 兼具… 的特点
Something that bridges the gap between two very different things has some of the qualities of each of these things.

e.g. ...the singer who bridged the gap between pop music and opera.
将通俗音乐与歌剧结合起来的歌手

5. 桥梁；媒介；纽带
If something or someone acts as a bridge between two people, groups, or things, they connect them.

e.g. We hope this book will act as a bridge between doctor and patient...
我们希望这本书能成为医生与患者之间沟通的桥梁。
e.g. They saw themselves as a bridge to peace.
他们把自己看作实现和平的使者。

6. 舰桥
The bridge is the place on a ship from which it is steered.

7. 鼻梁
The bridge of your nose is the thin top part of it, between your eyes.

e.g. On the bridge of his hooked nose was a pair of gold rimless spectacles.
他的鹰钩鼻上架着一副金色无框眼镜。

8. （眼镜的）鼻梁架
The bridge of a pair of glasses is the part that rests on your nose.

9. （小提琴、吉他等弦乐器的）琴马，琴桥
The bridge of a violin, guitar, or other stringed instrument is the small piece of wood under the strings that holds them up.

10. （固定假牙的）齿桥
A bridge is a piece of metal or plastic that holds false teeth in place by connecting them to natural teeth.

11. 桥牌
Bridge is a card game for four players in which the players begin by declaring how many tricks they expect to win.

12. see also: suspension bridge

13. 破釜沉舟；自绝退路
If you burn your bridges, you do something which forces you to continue with a particular course of action, and makes it impossible for you to return to an earlier situation or relationship.

14. water under the bridge - see water

名词仙女; 小仙子; 小精灵

形容词美丽的，可爱的; 仙女似的

1. 仙人;小精灵
A fairy is an imaginary creature with magical powers. Fairies are often represented as small people with wings.

2. 兔子(指男同性恋者)
If someone describes a man as a fairy, they mean that he is a homosexual and they disapprove of this.

副词意外地，忽然地; 奄; 勃; 霍然

1. 突然地;出乎意料地
If something happens suddenly, it happens quickly and unexpectedly.

e.g. Suddenly, she looked ten years older...
突然间她看起来老了 10 岁。
e.g. Her expression suddenly altered...
她的表情一下子变了。

名词国旗; 旗帜; 船旗; 军旗; 美颜色( color的名词复数 ); 肤色; 颜料; 本质