jetty

来自古法语jetee,突堤，建筑物突出物，来自jeter,扔，抛出，词源同jet,project.引申词义码头，栈桥。

jetty

jetty: [15] A jetty is a structure that literally projects or is ‘thrown’ out beyond what surrounds it. The word was borrowed from Old French jetee, where it originated as the past participle of the verb jeter ‘throw’ (source also of English jet, as in ‘jet engine’). It was used originally both for a structure jutting out into a body of water, and for a projecting upper storey of a house, of which the latter now survives only as a technical term in architectural history.
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jetty (n.)

early 15c., from Old French jetee "a jetty, a projecting part of a building," also "a throw," noun use of fem. past participle of jeter "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Notion is of a structure "thrown out" past what surrounds it.

1. The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty.

这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩码头边.

2. He and I were sitting out on his jetty dangling our legs in the water.

我和他坐在他的码头上，双腿在水中荡悠。

3. Rumble, rumble -- beneath the jetty a battle cry bursts forth.

海塘下轰隆轰隆地腾起了喊杀声.

4. A jetty projected into the river.

一处小码头直插进河水中.

5. Jetty protection of banks is slightly different.

用防波堤保护河岸则情况略有不同.