highway

英 ['haɪweɪ] 美['haɪwe]
  • n. 公路,大路;捷径

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词态变化


复数: highways;

中文词源


highway 公路,干道

high,高,此处义为主要的或表强调,way,道路。

英英释意


1. a major road for any form of motor transport

英文词源


highway (n.)
Old English heahweg "main road from one town to another;" see high (adj.) in sense of "main" + way (n.). High street (Old English heahstræte) was the word before 17c. applied to highways and main roads, whether in the country or town, especially one of the Roman roads. In more recent usage, it generally is the proper name of the street of a town which is built upon a highway and was the principal street of the place.

同义词辨析


path, road, way, street, highway, avenue, motorway, route, lane, pavement, trail

这些名词均有"路"之意。

path: 多指由人或动物在田间、小丘或树丛中经常走动而踩出的小路,也指公园或花园等供人走的小径。

road: 指连接两地间供行人或车辆使用的广阔平坦的大道,多指公路,也可用于引申意义。

way: 普通用词,含义广泛,可指各种路、道或通道,也可指抽象的道路。

street: 尤指城市中的道路,往往一侧或两侧有高大建筑物;还可指城市小镇、近郊可供人、车、马行走的平坦道路。

highway: 通常指市区外可以通行各种机动车辆的交通干线。

avenue: 在美国,指城市中一侧或两侧建筑物林立的大道或马路;而在英国则常指通住乡村大住宅、私人大庄园或两旁栽树的道路。

motorway: 高速公路,新词,特指为车辆快速通行而修的专线,美语为freeway或expressway。

route: 指从此处通往彼处的路线、路程等。

lane: 指农村或城镇的小道或小径,也指小巷。

pavement: 在英国,多指街道两旁的人行道,而美国人常用sidewalk表示人行道。

trail: 指人或兽在森林、荒野或山中踩出的小径或崎岖小道。

考试真题


For instance, highway overpasses had to be high enough to allow trailers carrying military missiles to pass under them.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

In those years, just after World War I, the military wanted to build an American highway system for national defense.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

the 20th century a highway, car, truck century—and the 21st century will increasingly be an aviation century, as the globe becomes increasingly connected by air, " Kasarda says.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

The company spent the last five years developing solar panels that are only about a quarter of an inch thick and are strong enough to stand up to heavy highway traffic without breaking or making the roads more slippery.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

The United States has one of the best highway systems in the world.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Remember how you feel when you are speeding down the highway and a big truck suddenly brakes twenty meters in front of you.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

Frogs living near brightly lit highways suffer nocturnal light levels that are as much as a million times brighter than normal, throwing nearly every aspect of their behavior out of joint, including their nighttime breeding choruses.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Rezwan is creating floating connectivity to replace flooded roads and highways.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The project connects flooded roads and highways.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

The road novel, the road movie, these are the most typical American ideas, born of abundant petrol, cheap cars and a never-ending interstate highway system.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

They hope to discourage the seabirds from wandering onto the highway.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 听力 原文

They tolerate long, slow journeys to and from work on packed highways because they can work, entertain themselves or sleep on the ride, which encourages urban spread.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

实用场景例句


A parked car was obstructing the highway.
一辆停放的汽车堵住了通道。

牛津词典

Highway patrol officers closed the road.
公路巡警关闭了这条路。

牛津词典

an interstate highway
(美国)州际公路

牛津词典

I crossed the highway, dodging the traffic.
我避开车流穿过了公路。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There was an object floating on the sea.
海上漂着个东西.

期刊摘选

A new highway knifes through the jungle.
一条新公路穿越森林.

《简明英汉词典》

This is a smooth, strongly built highway.
这条公路坚实平整.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The highway runs parallel with the railway.
这条公路与那条铁路平行.

《简明英汉词典》

Drinking is a principal cause of highway deaths.
酗酒是公路死亡事故的最主要的原因.

《简明英汉词典》

The field adjoins to the highway.
这块田紧靠着公路.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The road gives onto the highway.
这条路通往那条公路.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

It's a highway to success.
这是通往成功之路.

《简明英汉词典》

The highway winds around the mountain.
这条公路盘山而上.

《简明英汉词典》

A column of soldiers marched down the highway.
一个士兵纵队沿着公路行进.

《简明英汉词典》

The motorcyclists rammed down the highway.
摩托车手们沿着公路飞驰而去.

《简明英汉词典》

The soldiers marched along the highway.
部队沿公路而行.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He was charged for obstructing the highway.
他因阻碍交通而受控告.

《简明英汉词典》

The highway links the two cities together.
这条高速公路把那两座城市连接了起来.

《简明英汉词典》

The highway here is barred whenever the train passes.
每当火车通过时,这里的公路都要拦起来.

《用法词典》

The construction of that new state highway is now in progress.
那条新的州高速公路的建设现在正在进行中.

《简明英汉词典》

The highway twists up on the mountainside.
公路沿山腰盘旋而上.

《简明英汉词典》

The new highway is scheduled for completion by the end of the year.
新公路定于年内竣工.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

There was a tragic accident on the highway yesterday.
昨天公路上发生了一起很惨的事故.

《简明英汉词典》

Highway patrol officers closed the road.
公路巡警关闭了这条路。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

In the morning I rejoined Highway 127 south.
早上我重新回到了127号公路的南端。

柯林斯例句

The regions are interconnected by an excellent highway system.
那些地区通过完善的公路系统相互连接。

柯林斯例句

The explosion sent shrapnel flying through the sides of cars on the crowded highway.
爆炸后飞溅出的炸弹碎片洞穿了拥堵在公路上的车辆车身。

柯林斯例句

He saw the flashing lights of the highway patrol car in his driving mirror.
他从后视镜中看见公路巡逻车闪烁的车灯。

柯林斯例句