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. => jet
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.
双语例句
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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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.
来自辞典例句
4. A jetty projected into the river.
一处小码头直插进河水中.
来自辞典例句
5. Jetty protection of banks is slightly different.