A：Hi, John, how was your vacation?
      嗨，约翰，你的假期怎么样？

B：Awesome, we went to Australia and New Zealand.
      有点可怕。我们去了澳大利亚和新西兰。

A：That must have been wonderful. Do anything interesting?
      肯定很好玩吧。玩了什么有趣的？

B：Well, we went bungee jumping when we were in Australia.
      哦，在澳大利亚的时候我们去玩了蹦极跳。

A：Wow! Isn’t that dangerous?
      哇，是不是很危险呢？

B：A little, but the rush was worth it.
      一点点，但是俯冲的时候（危险）真是很值得的。

A：Tell me about it.
      快跟我说说。

B：We jumped off a bridge and fell 500 feet before the bungee cord caught us.
      我们从桥上跳下，到500英尺的时候，蹦极绳索便将我们套住。

A：500 feet! I would never be able to do that.
      500英尺！我可做不到。

B：Yeah, It was scary, but exhilarating.
      是呀，是很吓人，但是又很让人兴奋。

1. 桥；桥梁
    A bridge is a structure that is built over a railway, river, or road so that people or vehicles can cross from one side to the other.

    e.g. He walked back over the railway bridge.
           他从铁路桥上走了回去。
    e.g. ...the Golden Gate Bridge.
           金门大桥

2. （连接两地的）桥梁，纽带
    A bridge between two places is a piece of land that joins or connects them.

    e.g. ...a land bridge linking Serbian territories.
           连接塞尔维亚不同地区的陆桥

3. 弥合（分歧）；消除（隔阂）
    To bridge the gap between two people or things means to reduce it or get rid of it.

    e.g. It is unlikely that the two sides will be able to bridge their differences.
           双方不太可能消除彼此之间的分歧。

4. 兼具… 的特点
    Something that bridges the gap between two very different things has some of the qualities of each of these things.

bridge的近义词

    e.g. ...the singer who bridged the gap between pop music and opera.
           将通俗音乐与歌剧结合起来的歌手

5. 桥梁；媒介；纽带
    If something or someone acts as a bridge between two people, groups, or things, they connect them.

    e.g. We hope this book will act as a bridge between doctor and patient...
           我们希望这本书能成为医生与患者之间沟通的桥梁。
    e.g. They saw themselves as a bridge to peace.
           他们把自己看作实现和平的使者。

6. 舰桥
    The bridge is the place on a ship from which it is steered.

7. 鼻梁
    The bridge of your nose is the thin top part of it, between your eyes.

    e.g. On the bridge of his hooked nose was a pair of gold rimless spectacles.
           他的鹰钩鼻上架着一副金色无框眼镜。

8. （眼镜的）鼻梁架
    The bridge of a pair of glasses is the part that rests on your nose.

9. （小提琴、吉他等弦乐器的）琴马，琴桥
    The bridge of a violin, guitar, or other stringed instrument is the small piece of wood under the strings that holds them up.

10. （固定假牙的）齿桥
    A bridge is a piece of metal or plastic that holds false teeth in place by connecting them to natural teeth.

11. 桥牌
      Bridge is a card game for four players in which the players begin by declaring how many tricks they expect to win.

12. see also: suspension bridge

13. 破釜沉舟；自绝退路
      If you burn your bridges, you do something which forces you to continue with a particular course of action, and makes it impossible for you to return to an earlier situation or relationship.

14. water under the bridge -> see water