| 单词 | quay |
| 释义 | quay noun[C] uk/kiː/us/kiː/alongstructure, usuallybuiltofstone, whereboatscan betiedup to take on and offtheirgoods 驳岸，码头 xbrchx/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Ports & docks
quay| American Dictionaryquay noun[C] us/ki,keɪ,kweɪ/along, usuallystonestructurebesidewater, whereboatscan betiedup andtheirgoodscan beloadedorunloaded quay| Business Englishquay noun[C] uk/kiː/usTRANSPORT alongstructure, usuallybuiltofstone, whereboatscan betiedup to take on and offtheirgoods: Thedockareawasfullofdilapidatedwarehousesand quays. See also delivered ex quay Examplesofquayquay It also hovers at an urban scale including the square, thequayand the lake. From theCambridge English Corpus Being absent is also risky because drivers appointed by the port authorities will remove the cars from thequay. From theCambridge English Corpus These drivers usually work under pressure of time, and their chief interest is to drive the cars from thequayas soon as possible. From theCambridge English Corpus The estimated cost of development (thequay, the promenade, streets and parking places) was about 700,000 pounds. From theCambridge English Corpus Originally built to serve ships, the scale of the quays is unsuitable for recreational pursuits. From theCambridge English Corpus The quays of the basin could remain free of cars, because of the proposed parking garage typology. From theCambridge English Corpus Special attention is to be given to the quays. From theCambridge English Corpus From the eleventh century onwards the owners of the quays progressively extended them into the river, by more than 100 metres in the busiest neighbourhood. From theCambridge English Corpus On the waterfront, a 25 m widequaypromenade, a road and a sidewalk and arches containing various shops would be built. From theCambridge English Corpus A variety of public spaces were used: streets, courts, alleys, squares, quays. From theCambridge English Corpus Items commonly placed under ' other purposes ' ranged widely and included parks and pleasure grounds, cemeteries, artisans' dwelling improvement schemes, public lighting, fire brigades, slaughterhouses and piers, docks and quays. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, ships prefer to move to anotherquay, even to another harbor, rather than to wait in the quay if the quay crane is not instantaneously operational. From theCambridge English Corpus Canals and buildings form urban pattern with townhouses on islands surrounded by water rather than treated as houses on aquayor villas behind a coastline. From theCambridge English Corpus So, the nonproduction or unavailability cost of complex systems such asquaycrane (indirect cost) is also important even more than the repairing cost (direct cost). From theCambridge English Corpus Next, the car's front doors are pulled open, two or more persons jump hurriedly inside and drive the car off with spinning wheels from thequay. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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