For that purpose, they are more reassuring than a ship: though planked and decked like one, and originally manned with pier-masters in crypto-naval uniforms, most are attached to solid rock.

• 虽然栈桥的建造或者装饰风格往往带有海船的影子，甚至栈桥管理员们的制服也带有海军味道，但是栈桥多数依托坚固岩石而建，既能让人解脱，又比船更安全。