headway

大学 FREQ #25432

n. 前进, 航行速度, 进展 [经] 进尺, 钻井

发音

US /ˈhɛdweɪ/

词形变化

headways 复数 headways

教材释义与例句

名词

前进；进步；航行速度；间隔时间

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A movement ahead or forward.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Forward motion, or its rate.

    可数 不可数 航海 交通
  3. 3.

    The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route.

    可数 交通 不可数
  4. 4.

    Progress toward a goal.

    比喻 不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    A crossheading.

    可数 不可数 商务 采矿

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

head clearance headroom

上位词 6

way room progress advance progression elbow room

相关短语

make headway 取得进展 makes headway making headway made headway

词源

Partly from Middle English hauedwei, from Old English hēafodweġ (“head-road, main-road”); partly as a shortening of ahead-way, the source of the nautical sense. By surface analysis, head + way.

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