a long, high bridge, usually with arches, that carries a road or railway across a river or valley 高架桥(通常有拱,横跨河道或山谷连通公路或铁路) A train was crossing the viaduct. 一列火车正穿过高架桥。 a railway viaduct over the river 河上的铁路高架桥
Oxford Collocations DictionaryViaduct is used after these nouns:- railway
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin via ‘way’, on the pattern of aqueduct.