viaduct

n. 高架桥；高架铁路

中文词源

viaduct 高架桥

via,路，duct,管道。引申词义高架桥。

viaduct (n.): 1816, from Latin via "road" (see via) + -duct as in aqueduct. French viaduc is a 19c. English loan-word.
An extensive bridge consisting, strictly of a series of arches of masonry, erected for the purpose of conducting a road or a railway a valley or a district of low level, or over existing channels of communication, where an embankment would be impracticable or inexpedient; more widely, any elevated roadway which artificial constructions of timber, iron, bricks, or stonework are established. [Century Dictionary]
But the word apparently was coined by English landscape gardener Humphry Repton (1752-1818) for an architectural feature, "a form of bridge adapted to the purposes of passing over, which may unite strength with grace, or use with beauty ...."

1. With their aid a vital viaduct on the main Athens railway line was destroyed.: 在他们的帮助下,破坏了雅典铁路干线上的一座主要高架桥梁.

3. They were a helicopter to film the train going Viaduct.: 他们用直升飞机拍摄列车通过桥的场景.

4. An overhead road for cars or trains is called a viaduct.: 在公路上有高架桥供火车和汽车通过.