n.[C]

1. 桥，桥梁
   Have you ever visited the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?

   你参观过旧金山的金门大桥吗？

2. （舰船的）桥楼；舰桥；驾驶台
3. 鼻梁
4. （眼镜的）鼻梁架
5. （提琴等上的）琴马
6. （假牙上的）齿桥
7. 【喻】桥梁，纽带
   A common language is a bridge between different cultures.

   共同的语言是不同文化之间交流的桥梁。

8. （台球）（球杆的）凹口支架

vt.

1. 架桥于
   They chopped down a tree to bridge the stream.

   他们砍下一棵树在小溪上架起一座桥。

2. 把……连结（或弥合）起来；使渡过
   Politeness will bridge a lot of difficulties.

   待人以礼，会帮你渡过不少难关。

n.

1. 桥牌[U]

n.

1. a structure carrying a road, path, or railway across a river, road, etc.
2. the platform on a ship from which the captain and officers direct operations.
3. the upper bony part of a person's nose.
4. a partial denture supported by natural teeth on either side.
5. Music  the part on a stringed instrument over which the strings are stretched.
6. Music  a bridge passage or middle eight.
7. an electric circuit used chiefly to measure an unknown resistance by equalizing the potentials in two parts of the circuit.

v.

1. be or make a bridge over.
2. reduce or eliminate (a difference between two groups).

n.