引水桥 meaning in English

aqueduct

Now and then a jolt more violent than the rest caused him to open his eyes ; then he felt that he was still being carried with great rapidity over the same country , thickly strewn with broken aqueducts , which looked like granite giants petrified while running a race
时而，一下比较猛烈的颠簸使他睁开眼睛，于是他感觉得到车子依旧载着他在依稀相似的罗马郊外急速地前进，沿途布满着残存的高架引水桥罗马水道是罗马著名的古代建筑，最早的筑于公元前三世纪，一般都是用巨石和砖砌成的引水渠道。