gangway

英 ['g??we?] 美['ɡ??we]

GRE

復(fù)數(shù):?gangways;

gangway 跳板

gang, 走。way,路。用于指飛機(jī)或船舷的跳板。

gangway (n.): "temporary passageway" to a ship, building under construction, etc., ultimately from Old English gangweg "road, passage, thoroughfare;" a compound of gang (n.) in its original sense "a going, journey, way, passage" and way (n.). Nautical use dates from 1680s in reference to a passage on the ship, from 1780 of the opening at the side whereby people enter and leave, and by 1840s of the board or bridge they use to get to and from the dock. As a command to clear way, attested by 1912, American English. In British parliamentary use, with somewhat the same sense aisle has in the U.S. Congress.
Below the g[angway], as a parliamentary phrase, is applied to members whose customary seat does not imply close association with the official policy of the party on whose side of the House they sit. [Fowler]

1. He slipped and fell on an airplane gangway as the cameras rolled.: 在攝像時(shí)他不慎滑倒在飛機(jī)座位間的通道上。

2. A man in the gangway suddenly stood up to reach for something in the overhead locker.: 靠通道坐的一名男子突然起身去拿頭頂上方行李艙里的什么東西。

3. Walking along the narrow gangway of the theater, I see a familiar face.: 走在劇場(chǎng)里狹窄的過道上時(shí)我看到了一張熟悉的面孔.

4. If you're hesitant , let's just chat at gangway before I leave.: 要是你們難以決定,那就在我離開之前, 讓我們到舷梯那兒談一下吧.