bascule
bascule
[ˈbaskjuːl]
(亦作 bascule bridge)
noun
[ˈbaskjuːl]
(亦作 bascule bridge)
noun
- a type of bridge with a section which can be raised and lowered using counterweights
（其中一部分可以升降的）竖旋桥
■a movable section of road forming part of such a bridge
竖旋桥的活动桁架
- late 19th cent.: earlier denoting a lever apparatus of which one end is raised while the other is lowered, from French (earlier bacule), 'see-saw', from battre 'to bump' + cul 'buttocks'
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