bridgehead

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An area around the end of a bridge.
  2. A fortification around the end of a bridge.
  3. An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
    — He believed the invasion would happen elsewhere and it wasn't until late in the afternoon and long after the Allied forces had established a bridgehead that Hitler was convinced of the need to do something.
  4. Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms physical

词形变化

bridgeheads plural

词汇关系

相关词
beachhead dibridgehead airhead railhead

词源

Calque of French tête de pont, equivalent to bridge + head.
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