英语词汇bailey bridge的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Bailey bridge. Portable Bailey bridges designed to replace bridges destroyed by retreating forces and to carry much heavier loads than military bridges could previously support, were to a large extent responsible for the Allied victory in World War II, particularly in northwestern Europe. They were invented by Sir Donald Coleman Bailey, an engineer with the British Ministry of Supply, who was knighted in 1945 for his contribution to the war effort. The versatile truss bridges were first used in 1941 and are still employed throughout the world in flood and disaster areas. They consist of some 29 different parts, but are made principally of 10-foot-long, 5- foot-wide prefabricated lattice-steel panels weighing 600 pounds each that are held together by steel pins. Bailey first sketched his bridge on the back of an envelope and he always claimed that his invention was “just part of the job.” Field Marshal Montgomery, on the other hand, said, “Without the Bailey bridge we should not have won the war.” Bailey died in 1985, at age 83.

词汇	bailey bridge
词源	Bailey bridge. Portable Bailey bridges designed to replace bridges destroyed by retreating forces and to carry much heavier loads than military bridges could previously support, were to a large extent responsible for the Allied victory in World War II, particularly in northwestern Europe. They were invented by Sir Donald Coleman Bailey, an engineer with the British Ministry of Supply, who was knighted in 1945 for his contribution to the war effort. The versatile truss bridges were first used in 1941 and are still employed throughout the world in flood and disaster areas. They consist of some 29 different parts, but are made principally of 10-foot-long, 5- foot-wide prefabricated lattice-steel panels weighing 600 pounds each that are held together by steel pins. Bailey first sketched his bridge on the back of an envelope and he always claimed that his invention was “just part of the job.” Field Marshal Montgomery, on the other hand, said, “Without the Bailey bridge we should not have won the war.” Bailey died in 1985, at age 83.
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