jetty
/ˈdʒeti/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdʒeti/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈje-tē/ (ame, mw)
jetty — 名詞
- jettysingular
- jettiesplural
1. a narrow walkway of wood, stone, or concrete that reaches out from the shore ove
棧橋；碼頭
從岸邊伸入水中供小船停靠上下的窄橋
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.
Sari 在日落前把她父親的漁船繫在木造棧橋邊。
collocation: tie [a boat] to the jetty
Tourists waited on the jetty for the ferry to Capri to arrive.
遊客們在棧橋上等候開往卡布里島的渡輪到來。
common scenario: waiting on a jetty for a boat
Esteban dived from the end of the jetty into the cold morning sea.
Esteban 從棧橋盡頭跳進清晨冰冷的海裡。
A narrow stone jetty stretched out from the village beach into the harbour.
一條窄窄的石造棧橋從村莊海灘延伸進港灣裡。
The children walked along the jetty to feed the seagulls circling overhead.
孩子們沿著棧橋走，餵食在頭頂盤旋的海鷗。
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
防波堤
伸入水中以擋浪、保護海岸或港口的長牆
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.
市政府蓋了一條石造防波堤，阻止冬日的浪沖走沙灘。
pattern: built a jetty to stop [erosion]
Two long concrete jetties shielded the harbour mouth from the worst Atlantic storms.
兩條長長的混凝土防波堤護住港口入口，擋住最猛的大西洋風暴。
collocation: jetties shielded the harbour
Reema watched the waves break harmlessly against the rocky jetty outside the port.
Reema 看著浪花無害地拍打在港外那座岩石防波堤上。
Engineers added a second jetty to redirect the river current away from the bridge.
工程師加蓋了第二條防波堤，把河流引離橋墩。
- 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 — 動詞
- 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
突出；伸出
（建築、岩石等）向外突出於主體之外
(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.
一個小陽台從那棟老農舍的頂樓向外突出。
pattern: [structure] jetties out from [building]
Sharp grey rocks jettied into the bay at the foot of the cliff.
尖銳的灰色岩石從崖底向海灣突出。
common subject: rocks / cliffs / headlands
The upper storey of the medieval house jetties forward over the narrow lane.
那棟中世紀房屋的上層樓往窄巷的方向往前突出。
A wooden eave jetties beyond the wall to keep the rain off the doorway.
一片木造屋簷伸出牆外，為門口擋雨。
- 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 — 形容詞
- jettypositive
- jettiercomparative
- jettiestsuperlative
1. of a colour as dark as polished coal — a deep, glossy black often used in older
漆黑；烏黑
如煤般深而帶光澤的黑色，多見於文學描寫
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.
Kemi 把她烏黑的長髮梳好，再綁起來準備上台演出。
common collocation: jetty hair
A pair of jetty ravens perched on the stone wall by the old church.
一對漆黑的渡鴉停在老教堂旁的石牆上。
The poet described the night sky as a jetty cloth dusted with silver stars.
詩人把夜空形容成一塊綴著銀星的烏黑布幔。
Old portraits often show queens in jetty gowns trimmed with white lace.
古畫常見女王身穿烏黑長袍，邊緣鑲著白色蕾絲。
- 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.