The water was so great. We jumped off this pier and my suit came off.

海服，我们跳下桥墩 我的泳衣掉。

Her mother was not only a spider—a reference to her career as a weaver and repairer of tapestries—but a “She-Fox”, a huge-breasted creature of enduring stone squatting on haunches under which Louise tried to burrow, like a worm.

她的母亲不只是一个蜘蛛——对于她职业像一个织锦画的编制者和修补者——而是一个“母狐狸”，一个胸的生物，在路易斯试图像个蠕虫般洞的桥墩上不断地垒石头。

Great, strong trunks of ivy came curling up all the piers of the bridge, growing as quickly as a fire grows, wrapping the stones round, splitting, breaking, separating them.

硕、坚实的常春藤缠绕着桥墩飞快地长起来，卷着每一块桥石，破坏、分裂、瓦解。

As the horizon slid away the Danube became visible, and the piers of the Reichsbrucke lifted above the houses.

随着地平线的慢慢消失，多瑙河依稀可见，雷克斯布鲁克桥的桥墩远远高出屋顶。

The accident happened after a beam on a floating crane fell and impacted steel cofferdams, which supported the pier.

事故系桥墩因浮吊悬臂脱落，致使支撑桥墩的钢围堰坍塌。

Oysters were seeded on the piers and ever since, their concretions have helped cement the granite blocks together.

在桥墩上进行牡蛎育种之后，利用它们的凝固物可以将花岗岩胶合凝结起来。

The second tension tie may have taken up much of its partner's stress and the pier supporting the arch may have been subject to a lot more horizontal force than it was designed to withstand.

第二个拉力构件可能承搭档部分的压力，而支撑拱桥的桥墩可能承受远超设计承受范围的平力。

The rocky island and the two caverns are known to every traveler, since the former sustains the pier of a bridge, which is now thrown across the river, immediately above the fall.

每个旅行者都知道岩石岛和两个洞穴，因为前者支撑着一座桥的桥墩，桥现在横跨河流，就在瀑布上方。

Hanging from the top of the garden pier.

吊在桥墩的顶上。

So why do the arches of this bridge sit on top of spindly piers?

那么为什么这座桥的拱圈要建在细长的桥墩上呢？

Nick, out late drinking again, piled into a bridge abutment at speed, was airlifted to ICU.

尼克又熬夜喝酒，开车时撞上桥墩，被直升机送到重症监护室。

Oh, the water was sooo great! We jumped off this pier and my suit came off.

海服，我们跳下桥墩 我的泳衣掉。

Tied arch bridges don't transfer thrust forces to their supports, meaning they can sit atop piers designed primarily for vertical loads.

桁架拱桥不会将推力传递给支撑结构，这意味着它们可以建在主要承受垂直荷载的桥墩上。