英语词汇brooklyn bridge的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Brooklyn Bridge. Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” upon its opening, this bridge joining Brooklyn and Manhattan spans 1,595.5 feet between its towers and was at one time the longest bridge to use steel for greater stability. John Augustus Roebling (1806–69), the inventor of wire cable, designed the bridge but died in a ferry accident during the early stages of construction. His son Washington Roebling (1837–1926) took charge after his father’s death. In 1872, Roebling became para- lyzed, suffering from the bends, a common affliction among the men working the massive bottomless caissons used to sink the bridge towers onto the solid bedrock beneath the East River. From then until the end of construction, Roebling’s wife acted as his intermediary while he looked on through a telescope from the window of his Columbia Heights apartment. Twelve people were trampled to death in the crowd that rushed to cross the bridge when it first opened on May 24, 1883. Almost from that year on, buying the Brooklyn Bridge has become a phrase symbolizing gullibility—though it’s doubtful that any con man ever really sold it to anyone.

词汇	brooklyn bridge
词源	Brooklyn Bridge. Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” upon its opening, this bridge joining Brooklyn and Manhattan spans 1,595.5 feet between its towers and was at one time the longest bridge to use steel for greater stability. John Augustus Roebling (1806–69), the inventor of wire cable, designed the bridge but died in a ferry accident during the early stages of construction. His son Washington Roebling (1837–1926) took charge after his father’s death. In 1872, Roebling became para- lyzed, suffering from the bends, a common affliction among the men working the massive bottomless caissons used to sink the bridge towers onto the solid bedrock beneath the East River. From then until the end of construction, Roebling’s wife acted as his intermediary while he looked on through a telescope from the window of his Columbia Heights apartment. Twelve people were trampled to death in the crowd that rushed to cross the bridge when it first opened on May 24, 1883. Almost from that year on, buying the Brooklyn Bridge has become a phrase symbolizing gullibility—though it’s doubtful that any con man ever really sold it to anyone.
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