桥头堡

桥头堡
qiáotóubǎo

bridgehead (military)

5 meanings
MEANING5 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    bridgehead (military)

    • They captured the bridgehead.

  2. noun

    stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory

    • This city is our bridgehead.

  3. noun

    bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge)

    • This bridgehead is very beautiful.

  4. noun

    (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it)

    • This city is the gateway to entering that region.

  5. noun

    bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)

    • They captured an important bridgehead.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A wooden tree reaching high across the river forms a bridge.

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