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词汇 gabion
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Definition of gabion in English:

gabion

nounˈɡeɪbɪənˈɡeɪbiən
  • A basket or container filled with earth, stones, or other material and used in civil engineering works or (formerly) fortifications.

    石筐(盛满泥土、石头或其他材料的圆筒形筐,用于土木工程中);堡篮(内盛泥、石或其他材料,旧时用于修筑防御工事)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A metal plate is embedded between the gabions for fire protection.
    • With environmental issues now of more concern than in the past, gabions offer a more natural solution to previously designed concrete walls and channels.
    • For example, ecological engineering methods such as using gabions or pilings tied together with nets to protect hillsides produce softer structures, while bridge columns or dam structures require stiffer designs.
    • An elliptical forecourt, lined to left and right with gabions, is scarcely preparation for what happens at the top of the generous ramp which leads up through the portico.
    • From factor 5, it appears that the bridge has been scored with reference to the gabions put in place by the Highways Agency after the accident.
    • At many construction sites along the highway, Ku and thousands of workers used cobbles, which are densely packed in gabions, to build firm and solid embankments.
    • Hy-Ten designs and supplies gabions in both welded mesh and woven mesh, click on the links below to find out more about our product ranges.
    • Immediately after the explosion, the besiegers could assault the fortress or extend their sap trenches into the crater and reinforce them with gabions.
    • Our gabions are made from prefabricated Class III zinc-coated 9 or 11 gauge welded wire mesh fabric with a 3’ x 3’ spacing, and may be field cut to fit curves, culverts, or angles.
    • In front of the winery facades, the architects placed gabions, or wire containers filled with stones.
    • The lower blocks are in concrete clad in gabions filled with site granite; roofs are planted with indigenous flora.
    • She's also been experimenting with gabions, rectangular wire-mesh baskets filled with rocks that are used to shore up riverbanks in the West and beyond.
    • A plan to place rock-filled wire gabions to shore up the coastline was denied by the local town council because of the area's environmental sensitivity.
    • The new residential estate that featured the gabions (stones in wire cages) was attractive also together with new estate with pleasant green areas on the Kilmallock approach.
    • Following public concern over the disaster, gabions - wire cages filled with stone - were positioned at the bottom of the M62 embankment to prevent another vehicle running off the motorway on to the railway.
    • At the end of the project, therefore, the first gabion is connected with the last gabion, no matter how many baskets are used in the construction, creating a monolithic gravity mass structure.
    • Kuo said the slope remained stable during Mindulle because a permeable structure consisting of large stones wrapped in gabions, or metal cylinders, prevented any landslides.
    • In several cases, the concrete rubble and rock have been used in place of concrete or gabions to build weirs that slow water velocity to control downcutting of the wash channel.
    • Cobbles are densely confined in gabions to form substantial units of amenity embankments.
    • The modular nature of the gabion means that it can be used in a vast array of applications and configurations.

Derivatives

  • gabionage

  • noun
    • The foundations of former existing metal pontoons were used to help anchor the gabionage in order to carry out a plant residue treatment.

Origin

Mid 16th century: via French from Italian gabbione, from gabbia 'cage', from Latin cavea.

Rhymes

Arabian, Bessarabian, Fabian, Sabian, Swabian

Definition of gabion in US English:

gabion

nounˈɡābēənˈɡeɪbiən
  • A wirework container filled with rock, broken concrete, or other material, used in the construction of dams, retaining walls, etc.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The new residential estate that featured the gabions (stones in wire cages) was attractive also together with new estate with pleasant green areas on the Kilmallock approach.
    • Cobbles are densely confined in gabions to form substantial units of amenity embankments.
    • At the end of the project, therefore, the first gabion is connected with the last gabion, no matter how many baskets are used in the construction, creating a monolithic gravity mass structure.
    • In front of the winery facades, the architects placed gabions, or wire containers filled with stones.
    • Following public concern over the disaster, gabions - wire cages filled with stone - were positioned at the bottom of the M62 embankment to prevent another vehicle running off the motorway on to the railway.
    • A plan to place rock-filled wire gabions to shore up the coastline was denied by the local town council because of the area's environmental sensitivity.
    • Kuo said the slope remained stable during Mindulle because a permeable structure consisting of large stones wrapped in gabions, or metal cylinders, prevented any landslides.
    • For example, ecological engineering methods such as using gabions or pilings tied together with nets to protect hillsides produce softer structures, while bridge columns or dam structures require stiffer designs.
    • From factor 5, it appears that the bridge has been scored with reference to the gabions put in place by the Highways Agency after the accident.
    • At many construction sites along the highway, Ku and thousands of workers used cobbles, which are densely packed in gabions, to build firm and solid embankments.
    • Hy-Ten designs and supplies gabions in both welded mesh and woven mesh, click on the links below to find out more about our product ranges.
    • A metal plate is embedded between the gabions for fire protection.
    • The modular nature of the gabion means that it can be used in a vast array of applications and configurations.
    • An elliptical forecourt, lined to left and right with gabions, is scarcely preparation for what happens at the top of the generous ramp which leads up through the portico.
    • Immediately after the explosion, the besiegers could assault the fortress or extend their sap trenches into the crater and reinforce them with gabions.
    • Our gabions are made from prefabricated Class III zinc-coated 9 or 11 gauge welded wire mesh fabric with a 3’ x 3’ spacing, and may be field cut to fit curves, culverts, or angles.
    • With environmental issues now of more concern than in the past, gabions offer a more natural solution to previously designed concrete walls and channels.
    • She's also been experimenting with gabions, rectangular wire-mesh baskets filled with rocks that are used to shore up riverbanks in the West and beyond.
    • The lower blocks are in concrete clad in gabions filled with site granite; roofs are planted with indigenous flora.
    • In several cases, the concrete rubble and rock have been used in place of concrete or gabions to build weirs that slow water velocity to control downcutting of the wash channel.

Origin

Mid 16th century: via French from Italian gabbione, from gabbia ‘cage’, from Latin cavea.

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