jetty
/ˈdʒeti/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdʒeti/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈje-tē/ (ame, mw)
jetty — noun
- jettysingular
- jettiesplural
1. a narrow walkway of wood, stone, or concrete that reaches out from the shore ove
a narrow walkway of wood, stone, or concrete that reaches out from the shore over the water so that small boats can pull alongside and people can step onto or off them
Sari tied her father's fishing boat to the wooden jetty before sunset.
collocation: tie [a boat] to the jetty
Tourists waited on the jetty for the ferry to Capri to arrive.
common scenario: waiting on a jetty for a boat
Esteban dived from the end of the jetty into the cold morning sea.
A narrow stone jetty stretched out from the village beach into the harbour.
The children walked along the jetty to feed the seagulls circling overhead.
文法句型
a jetty at/on [body of water]
tie up at a jetty
用法筆記
Subject is typically a person boarding, disembarking, or fishing; the structure itself is built out from the shore rather than enclosed within a marina.
常見錯誤
2. a long solid wall of rock or concrete that runs out into the sea or a river in o
a long solid wall of rock or concrete that runs out into the sea or a river in order to slow the waves and stop a beach or harbour from being damaged by them
The council built a stone jetty to stop winter waves from washing the beach away.
pattern: built a jetty to stop [erosion]
Two long concrete jetties shielded the harbour mouth from the worst Atlantic storms.
collocation: jetties shielded the harbour
Reema watched the waves break harmlessly against the rocky jetty outside the port.
Engineers added a second jetty to redirect the river current away from the bridge.
- breakwater
almost identical purpose; breakwater is the more common general term
- groyne
a shorter version built across a beach to trap sand
- mole
a massive harbour barrier, often built of stone; older usage
文法句型
build a jetty to protect [shore/harbour]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (the landing platform): a protective jetty is solid rock or concrete and is not used for boarding boats. Often appears in pairs to guard a harbour mouth.
jetty — verb
- jettypresent simple I / you / we / they
- jetties3rd person singular
- jettying-ing form
- jettiedpast simple
1. (of a building, rock, or other solid structure) to extend outward from a surface
(of a building, rock, or other solid structure) to extend outward from a surface so that one part sticks out beyond the rest
A small balcony jetties out from the top floor of the old farmhouse.
pattern: [structure] jetties out from [building]
Sharp grey rocks jettied into the bay at the foot of the cliff.
common subject: rocks / cliffs / headlands
The upper storey of the medieval house jetties forward over the narrow lane.
A wooden eave jetties beyond the wall to keep the rain off the doorway.
- recede
to move or be set back inward
文法句型
[structure] jetties out from/into [location]
用法筆記
Frequently passive or used in architectural description; subjects are inanimate (balconies, roofs, rocks, headlands), never people. Often interchangeable with 'project' or 'jut out' in formal writing.
常見錯誤
jetty — adjective
- jettypositive
- jettiercomparative
- jettiestsuperlative
1. of a colour as dark as polished coal — a deep, glossy black often used in older
of a colour as dark as polished coal — a deep, glossy black often used in older or poetic writing to describe hair, feathers, or stone
Kemi brushed her long jetty hair before tying it back for the performance.
common collocation: jetty hair
A pair of jetty ravens perched on the stone wall by the old church.
The poet described the night sky as a jetty cloth dusted with silver stars.
Old portraits often show queens in jetty gowns trimmed with white lace.
- jet-black
the standard modern equivalent in everyday writing
- raven
specifically of hair; literary
- pitch-black
emphasises absence of light rather than colour quality
- snowy
literary opposite, especially of hair or feathers
文法句型
jetty [noun]
用法筆記
Almost always attributive and confined to literary or older texts; modern writing prefers 'jet-black'. Subject nouns are typically hair, feathers, fabric, or stone — not skin or daily objects.