a wall or platform built out into the sea, a river, etc., where boats can be tied and where people can get on and off boats 突堤;栈桥;登岸码头 Topics Transport by waterc2, Geographyc2Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French jetee, feminine past participle of jeter ‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’.