Definition of caisson in English:

caisson

noun ˈkeɪs(ə)nkəˈsuːn

1A large watertight chamber, open at the bottom, from which the water is kept out by air pressure and in which construction work may be carried out under water.
沉箱（底部开口，因有气压而使水无法进入，从而可进行施工的大型防水室）
Example sentencesExamples
- The seal course at the bottom of the caissons is 8 m thick and required about 6,000 m³ of underwater concrete.
- Rebar cages for the caissons were assembled remotely, moved on-site, and lowered into the hole at night; the hole was filled with concrete, leaving a cold joint at the top of the apron.
- The housing consists of prefabricated concrete caissons which are inset in the lagoon floor and contain service tunnels and machinery.
- Some 30 million ft of lumber and 1 million steel reinforcing rods supported the original Wacker Drive, with about 600 caissons excavated to an average of 95 ft.
- The 25-m - long x 10-m-wide caissons travelled on pontoons before being sunk into place.
- These were noticed first among men in new industrial applications: tunnelling below water and working in caissons.
- Concrete grade beams spanning between the caissons were used to accommodate external envelope conditions and elevator pits.
- It's a combined highway and transit construction project and requires drilling foundation caissons in areas with underground utilities.
- The caissons were huge hollow reinforced concrete blocks that were floated across the channel and then sunk when in position.
- The buttresses rise from caisson caps, each covering six concrete caissons.
- The caisson has been constructed inside a ‘cofferdam’ - a box-like structure built of pilings and a concrete floor.
1. 1.1 A floating vessel or watertight structure used as a gate across the entrance of a dry dock or basin.
  浮箱式坞门
  Example sentencesExamples
  He sailed to the raid in HMS Campbeltown and landed by jumping over the ship's bow onto the caisson to conduct demolition work ashore.
  Constructed of various concrete caissons and pontoons, the Mulberrys were the innovation that made the Normandy campaign following the D-Day landings possible.
  The port consisted of a series of caissons forming the outside wall, with various pontoons and jetties inside, mainly following the design of a bailey bridge (big meccano).
  A massive 7,000-tonne concrete caisson has replaced the temporary steel coffer dam, and three cranes - one of ten tonnes, two of 25 tonnes - were transported across Five Basin to Nine Dock by floating crane.
  These floats transported the great floating concrete caissons which formed the sea walls of the Mulberry Harbours.
2historical A chest or wagon for holding or conveying ammunition.
〈史〉弹药箱；弹药运输箱
Example sentencesExamples
- Graves were everywhere; dead soldiers and horses lay unburied; and destroyed wagons and caissons littered the area.
- It was impossible to resist the line of World War I toys - including doughboys with fixed bayonets and artillery attached to caissons that were pulled by teams of horses.
- It has also been speculated that the use of the color purple was adopted because of the use of purple heart wood from Brazil to make caissons for the artillery.
- We saw the bronze of a Civil War general on horseback, soldiers hanging onto an artillery caisson clattering to his side.
- While most of the army's accomplished horsemen served in the Cavalry, the Field Artillery used horses to draw its caissons, and officers needed to learn to ride adroitly.

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, literally 'large chest', from Italian cassone, the spelling having been altered in French by association with caisse 'case'.

Rhymes

basin, chasten, diapason, hasten, Jason, mason

Definition of caisson in US English:

caisson

noun

1A large watertight chamber, open at the bottom, from which the water is kept out by air pressure and in which construction work may be carried out under water.
沉箱（底部开口，因有气压而使水无法进入，从而可进行施工的大型防水室）
Example sentencesExamples
- The caissons were huge hollow reinforced concrete blocks that were floated across the channel and then sunk when in position.
- It's a combined highway and transit construction project and requires drilling foundation caissons in areas with underground utilities.
- The caisson has been constructed inside a ‘cofferdam’ - a box-like structure built of pilings and a concrete floor.
- The buttresses rise from caisson caps, each covering six concrete caissons.
- The housing consists of prefabricated concrete caissons which are inset in the lagoon floor and contain service tunnels and machinery.
- The 25-m - long x 10-m-wide caissons travelled on pontoons before being sunk into place.
- The seal course at the bottom of the caissons is 8 m thick and required about 6,000 m³ of underwater concrete.
- Concrete grade beams spanning between the caissons were used to accommodate external envelope conditions and elevator pits.
- Rebar cages for the caissons were assembled remotely, moved on-site, and lowered into the hole at night; the hole was filled with concrete, leaving a cold joint at the top of the apron.
- Some 30 million ft of lumber and 1 million steel reinforcing rods supported the original Wacker Drive, with about 600 caissons excavated to an average of 95 ft.
- These were noticed first among men in new industrial applications: tunnelling below water and working in caissons.
1. 1.1 A floating vessel or watertight structure used as a gate across the entrance of a dry dock or basin.
  浮箱式坞门
  Example sentencesExamples
  A massive 7,000-tonne concrete caisson has replaced the temporary steel coffer dam, and three cranes - one of ten tonnes, two of 25 tonnes - were transported across Five Basin to Nine Dock by floating crane.
  These floats transported the great floating concrete caissons which formed the sea walls of the Mulberry Harbours.
  He sailed to the raid in HMS Campbeltown and landed by jumping over the ship's bow onto the caisson to conduct demolition work ashore.
  The port consisted of a series of caissons forming the outside wall, with various pontoons and jetties inside, mainly following the design of a bailey bridge (big meccano).
  Constructed of various concrete caissons and pontoons, the Mulberrys were the innovation that made the Normandy campaign following the D-Day landings possible.
2historical A chest or wagon for holding or conveying ammunition.
〈史〉弹药箱；弹药运输箱
Example sentencesExamples
- It has also been speculated that the use of the color purple was adopted because of the use of purple heart wood from Brazil to make caissons for the artillery.
- Graves were everywhere; dead soldiers and horses lay unburied; and destroyed wagons and caissons littered the area.
- We saw the bronze of a Civil War general on horseback, soldiers hanging onto an artillery caisson clattering to his side.
- It was impossible to resist the line of World War I toys - including doughboys with fixed bayonets and artillery attached to caissons that were pulled by teams of horses.
- While most of the army's accomplished horsemen served in the Cavalry, the Field Artillery used horses to draw its caissons, and officers needed to learn to ride adroitly.

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, literally ‘large chest’, from Italian cassone, the spelling having been altered in French by association with caisse ‘case’.

词汇	caisson
释义	Definition of caisson in English: caisson noun ˈkeɪs(ə)nkəˈsuːn 1A large watertight chamber, open at the bottom, from which the water is kept out by air pressure and in which construction work may be carried out under water. 沉箱（底部开口，因有气压而使水无法进入，从而可进行施工的大型防水室） Example sentencesExamples The seal course at the bottom of the caissons is 8 m thick and required about 6,000 m³ of underwater concrete. Rebar cages for the caissons were assembled remotely, moved on-site, and lowered into the hole at night; the hole was filled with concrete, leaving a cold joint at the top of the apron. The housing consists of prefabricated concrete caissons which are inset in the lagoon floor and contain service tunnels and machinery. Some 30 million ft of lumber and 1 million steel reinforcing rods supported the original Wacker Drive, with about 600 caissons excavated to an average of 95 ft. The 25-m - long x 10-m-wide caissons travelled on pontoons before being sunk into place. These were noticed first among men in new industrial applications: tunnelling below water and working in caissons. Concrete grade beams spanning between the caissons were used to accommodate external envelope conditions and elevator pits. It's a combined highway and transit construction project and requires drilling foundation caissons in areas with underground utilities. The caissons were huge hollow reinforced concrete blocks that were floated across the channel and then sunk when in position. The buttresses rise from caisson caps, each covering six concrete caissons. The caisson has been constructed inside a ‘cofferdam’ - a box-like structure built of pilings and a concrete floor. 1.1 A floating vessel or watertight structure used as a gate across the entrance of a dry dock or basin. 浮箱式坞门 Example sentencesExamples He sailed to the raid in HMS Campbeltown and landed by jumping over the ship's bow onto the caisson to conduct demolition work ashore. Constructed of various concrete caissons and pontoons, the Mulberrys were the innovation that made the Normandy campaign following the D-Day landings possible. The port consisted of a series of caissons forming the outside wall, with various pontoons and jetties inside, mainly following the design of a bailey bridge (big meccano). A massive 7,000-tonne concrete caisson has replaced the temporary steel coffer dam, and three cranes - one of ten tonnes, two of 25 tonnes - were transported across Five Basin to Nine Dock by floating crane. These floats transported the great floating concrete caissons which formed the sea walls of the Mulberry Harbours. 2historical A chest or wagon for holding or conveying ammunition. 〈史〉弹药箱；弹药运输箱 Example sentencesExamples Graves were everywhere; dead soldiers and horses lay unburied; and destroyed wagons and caissons littered the area. It was impossible to resist the line of World War I toys - including doughboys with fixed bayonets and artillery attached to caissons that were pulled by teams of horses. It has also been speculated that the use of the color purple was adopted because of the use of purple heart wood from Brazil to make caissons for the artillery. We saw the bronze of a Civil War general on horseback, soldiers hanging onto an artillery caisson clattering to his side. While most of the army's accomplished horsemen served in the Cavalry, the Field Artillery used horses to draw its caissons, and officers needed to learn to ride adroitly. Origin Late 17th century: from French, literally 'large chest', from Italian cassone, the spelling having been altered in French by association with caisse 'case'. Rhymes basin, chasten, diapason, hasten, Jason, mason Definition of caisson in US English: caisson noun 1A large watertight chamber, open at the bottom, from which the water is kept out by air pressure and in which construction work may be carried out under water. 沉箱（底部开口，因有气压而使水无法进入，从而可进行施工的大型防水室） Example sentencesExamples The caissons were huge hollow reinforced concrete blocks that were floated across the channel and then sunk when in position. It's a combined highway and transit construction project and requires drilling foundation caissons in areas with underground utilities. The caisson has been constructed inside a ‘cofferdam’ - a box-like structure built of pilings and a concrete floor. The buttresses rise from caisson caps, each covering six concrete caissons. The housing consists of prefabricated concrete caissons which are inset in the lagoon floor and contain service tunnels and machinery. The 25-m - long x 10-m-wide caissons travelled on pontoons before being sunk into place. The seal course at the bottom of the caissons is 8 m thick and required about 6,000 m³ of underwater concrete. Concrete grade beams spanning between the caissons were used to accommodate external envelope conditions and elevator pits. Rebar cages for the caissons were assembled remotely, moved on-site, and lowered into the hole at night; the hole was filled with concrete, leaving a cold joint at the top of the apron. Some 30 million ft of lumber and 1 million steel reinforcing rods supported the original Wacker Drive, with about 600 caissons excavated to an average of 95 ft. These were noticed first among men in new industrial applications: tunnelling below water and working in caissons. 1.1 A floating vessel or watertight structure used as a gate across the entrance of a dry dock or basin. 浮箱式坞门 Example sentencesExamples A massive 7,000-tonne concrete caisson has replaced the temporary steel coffer dam, and three cranes - one of ten tonnes, two of 25 tonnes - were transported across Five Basin to Nine Dock by floating crane. These floats transported the great floating concrete caissons which formed the sea walls of the Mulberry Harbours. He sailed to the raid in HMS Campbeltown and landed by jumping over the ship's bow onto the caisson to conduct demolition work ashore. The port consisted of a series of caissons forming the outside wall, with various pontoons and jetties inside, mainly following the design of a bailey bridge (big meccano). Constructed of various concrete caissons and pontoons, the Mulberrys were the innovation that made the Normandy campaign following the D-Day landings possible. 2historical A chest or wagon for holding or conveying ammunition. 〈史〉弹药箱；弹药运输箱 Example sentencesExamples It has also been speculated that the use of the color purple was adopted because of the use of purple heart wood from Brazil to make caissons for the artillery. Graves were everywhere; dead soldiers and horses lay unburied; and destroyed wagons and caissons littered the area. We saw the bronze of a Civil War general on horseback, soldiers hanging onto an artillery caisson clattering to his side. It was impossible to resist the line of World War I toys - including doughboys with fixed bayonets and artillery attached to caissons that were pulled by teams of horses. While most of the army's accomplished horsemen served in the Cavalry, the Field Artillery used horses to draw its caissons, and officers needed to learn to ride adroitly. Origin Late 17th century: from French, literally ‘large chest’, from Italian cassone, the spelling having been altered in French by association with caisse ‘case’.
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