royal road

短语

捷径, 坦途

词形变化

royal roads 复数 royal roads

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An easy or straightforward procedure for achieving a goal; a procedure that requires little effort.

  2. 2.

    A chord progression, IVᴹ⁷–V⁷–iii⁷–vi, common in Japanese pop music.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

road

词源

In reference to Euclid, who is said to have told a king that there was no royal road to geometry. In the musical sense, a calque of Japanese 王道進行, itself deriving from a calque of sense 1.

来源：wiktionary