Tra từ bridge - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bridge [bridge bridges bridged bridging] noun, verb BrE [brɪdʒ] NAmE [brɪdʒ]
noun

OVER ROAD/RIVER
1. countable a structure that is built over a road, railway/railroad, river, etc. so that people or vehicles can cross from one side to the other
• We crossed the bridge over the river Windrush.

see also ↑suspension bridge, ↑swing bridge

CONNECTION
2. countable a thing that provides a connection or contact between two different things
• The book serves as a bridge between ancient wisdom and modern science.
• Cultural exchanges are a way of building bridges between countries.

OF SHIP
3. countable, usually singular (usually the bridge)the part of a ship where the captain and other officers stand when they are controlling and steering the ship
•Who was on the bridge when the collision took place?

CARD GAME
4. uncountable a card game for two pairs of players who have to predict how many cards they will win. They score points if they succeed in winning that number of cards and lose points if they fail.
see also ↑contract bridge

OF NOSE
5. the ~ of sb's nose singular the hard part at the top of the nose, between the eyes

OF GLASSES
6. countable the part of a pair of glasses that rests on your nose

OF GUITAR/VIOLIN
7. countable a small piece of wood on a ↑guitar, ↑violin, etc. over which the strings are stretched

FALSE TEETH
8. countable a false tooth or false teeth, held permanently in place by being fastened to natural teeth on either side
see burn your bridges at ↑burn _v., cross that bridge when you come to it at ↑cross _v., it's (all) water under the bridge at ↑water _n.

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 3 and n. senses 5 to 8 v. Old English brycg Germanic Dutch brug German Brücke n. sense 4 late 19th cent.

Example Bank:
•Cross the bridge and turn right into the town.
•Floods washed away several bridges.
•I enjoy a game of bridge occasionally.
•It was windy driving over the bridge.
•The new bridge will cross the Thames at this point.
•The road goes under the old bridge.
•The soldiers built a pontoon bridge across the Euphrates.
•a bridge over the river
•driving over a humpback bridge
Idiom: ↑bridge the gap

verb

BUILD/FORM BRIDGE
~ sth to build or form a bridge over sth
• The valley was originally bridged by the Romans.
• A plank of wood bridged the stream.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 3 and n. senses 5 to 8 v. Old English brycg Germanic Dutch brug German Brücke n. sense 4 late 19th cent.