thoroughfare

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n. 通路, 大道

发音

UK /ˈθʌɹəfɛː/
AU

词形变化

thoroughfares 复数 thoroughfares

别名

thorofare throughfare thoroughfair thorowfair

教材释义与例句

名词

大道，通路

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A passage; a way through.

    通道

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.

    要道

    主路

    大道

    康衢

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.

    不可数 可数

    The sign leading to the other carriage reads: No thoroughfare.

  4. 4.

    An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.

    航道

    水道

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

road route

下位词 6

street artery impasse cul-de-sac blind alley dead-end street

词源

From Middle English thurghfare, corresponding to thorough- (“through”) + fare. Compare Old English þurhfaran (“to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate”). Compare also Old English þurhfær (“inner secret place”), German Durchfahrt (“passage through, thoroughfare”).

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