viaduct

• n. 高架橋；高架鉄道

ヴィア、道路、ダクト、パイプ。viaductから派生。

viaduct (n.)

1816, from Latin via "road" (see via) + -duct as in aqueduct. French viaduc is a 19c. English loan-word.

An extensive bridge consisting, strictly of a series of arches of masonry, erected for the purpose of conducting a road or a railway a valley or a district of low level, or over existing channels of communication, where an embankment would be impracticable or inexpedient; more widely, any elevated roadway which artificial constructions of timber, iron, bricks, or stonework are established. [Century Dictionary]

But the word apparently was coined by English landscape gardener Humphry Repton (1752-1818) for an architectural feature, "a form of bridge adapted to the purposes of passing over, which may unite strength with grace, or use with beauty ...."

1. With their aid a vital viaduct on the main Athens railway line was destroyed.

彼らの助けを得て、アテネ鉄道幹線上の主要高架橋を破壊した。dd>

2. Viaduct accounts for 86 percent of the Pearl Line.

ダイジェスト真珠線の全長86%は高架橋である。

3.They were a helicopter to film the train going Viaduct .

彼らはヘリコプターで列車が橋を通過するシーンを撮影した。

4.An overhead road for cars or trains is called a viaduct .

列車や自動車が通過するための高速道路上の高架道路。

5.Across the high viaduct rumbles a late train.

夜行列車が高架鉄道を盛大に通過した。