Cantilever

(noun.) projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only.

(verb.) construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed; 'Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings'.

(verb.) project as a cantilever.

校对:苏西

• The cantilever portion has the appearance of a vast elongated diamond. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• What is called the cantilever system has of late years to a great extent superseded the suspension construction. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Three balanced cantilevers are employed, poised on four gigantic steel tube legs supported on four huge masonry piers. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The cantilevers rest on two gigantic steel towers, standing on massive stone piers 39 feet high. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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