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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 occupation bridge
 專用橋梁

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Oc·cu·pa·tion n.
 1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
 2. That which occupies or engages the time and attention.
 3. Specfically: The principal business of one's life; the principal work by which one earns one's livelihood; vocation; employment; profession; calling; trade; avocation; as, these days many people continue to practice their occupation well into their seventies.
    Absence of occupation is not rest.   --Cowper.
 Occupation bridge Engin., a bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an ordinary road.
 Syn: -- Occupancy; possession; tenure; use; employment; avocation; engagement; vocation; calling; office; trade; profession.