pier

英[piə]美[piə]

n.
1.水上平台，码头
2.（常设有娱乐场所的）突堤
3.柱子；墙墩；桥墩

同：	[n.] dock, wharf, wharfage

harbour，port，wharf，pier，seaport

这些名词都有“港，港口，码头”之意。
harbour一般用词，指停泊船只、装卸货物的天然或人工港口。
port多指人工港口，还可指有港口的市。
wharf指船只停泊装卸货物的码头。
pier专指与海岸成直角形而突出的码头，可供旅客，货物上下船或供人散步用。
seaport指港埠。

In its prepositional use alongside may optionally be accompanied by of:The barge lay alongside,or alongside of,the pier.
在介词用法里alongside后可以选择性地跟of:驳船停在旁边或靠码头旁边收藏
Wigan pier,as immortalized in George Orwell's book `The Road to Wigan Pier'
因乔治·奥韦尔的《通向威根码头之路》一书而永享盛名的威根码头.收藏
A foot-wide cheap pier glass between the two windows, and a brass bedstead in a corner
两窗之间有一面一尺宽的寒伧壁镜，角落里有一张黄铜床收藏
A pier; a wharf.
码头;停泊处收藏
"dock:The area of water between two piers or alongside a pier that receives a ship for loading, unloading, or repairs."
船坞:两个码头之间的或沿码头的水域用来容船装卸或修理等.收藏

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a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
[同] dock, pier, wharf, wharfage
(architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)

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