highway

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n. 公路, 大道, 捷径 [法] 公路, 大路

发音

US /ˈhaɪweɪ/

词形变化

highways 复数 highways highways 三单 highwaying 现在分词 highwayed 过去式 highwayed 过去分词

别名

hgwy Hwy. hwy. hwy hi'way hi-way

教材释义与例句

名词

公路，大路；捷径

a wide main road that joins one town to another

Interstate Highway 75

75号州际公路

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.

    公路

  2. 2.

    Any public road.

    法律 交通
  3. 3.

    A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny.

    比喻

    You're on a highway to greatness.

  4. 4.

    A road that is major (more heavily traveled and thus more important than a byway), higher than the surrounding land, has drainage ditches at the sides, or has any combination of those traits.

    古体
  5. 5.

    Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”).

    计算机 工程 数学
v.
  1. 1.

    To travel on a highway

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

main road

上位词 2

road route

下位词 10

pike bypass freeway interstate motorway expressway beltway arterial road divided highway dual carriageway

部分词 1

interchange

相关短语

highway robbery [法] 挡路抢劫 Highway Code highway robberies highway hypnosis highway patrol [法] 公路巡逻队 highway yellow highway yellows highway patrols highway engineer [网络] 高速公路工程师 highway engineers Karakoram Highway Hershey highway my way or the highway 要么听我的 divided highway n. 分车道公路 tourist highway

词源

From Middle English heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from Old English hēahweġ (“main road, highway”), corresponding to high + way. Compare highgate, high street, high road. Cognate with Scots heaway, heway, hieway, hichway, heichway (“highway”).

来源：wiktionary