亚洲网紅露点

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pier

[ peer ]

noun

  1. a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
  2. (in a bridge or the like) a support for the ends of adjacent spans.
  3. a square pillar.
  4. a portion of wall between doors, windows, etc.
  5. a pillar or post on which a gate or door is hung.
  6. a support of masonry, steel, or the like for sustaining vertical pressure.
  7. a long passageway or corridor that extends from a central area of a building, especially one at an airport that leads to boarding gates.


pier

/ 辫瑟蓹 /

noun

  1. a structure with a deck that is built out over water, and used as a landing place, promenade, etc
  2. a pillar that bears heavy loads, esp one of rectangular cross section
  3. the part of a wall between two adjacent openings
  4. another name for buttress
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻苍顎僤别谤路辫颈别谤顎 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pier1

before 1150; Middle English pere, earlier (perhaps late Old English ) per < Anglo-Latin pera, p膿ra pier of a bridge
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pier1

C12 per, from Anglo-Latin pera pier supporting a bridge
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An 18-year-old man has died after a jet ski crashed into a pier in Shetland.

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"He said 'I'm Southend 'til I die' and that really made me laugh," added Mr Ward, who also planned to show Mr Johnston the city's famous pier.

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Around 3 p.m., the police department received another round of calls about a similar disturbance at the pier plaza.

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The man was seen sprinting away towards Bournemouth pier and the zig-zag - a path leading up the cliff to West Hill Garden where there were no cameras.

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On March 26, 2024, a 948-foot-long cargo vessel lost power as it left Baltimore鈥檚 port and rammed into a support pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, shattering the structure almost instantly.

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