turnpike
英 ['tɜːnpaɪk]
美['tɝn'paɪk]
- n. [税收] 收费高速公路；收税关卡
词态变化
复数: turnpikes;
助记提示
1. "spiked road barrier used for defense".
2. turn on the pike.
2. turn on the pike.
中文词源
turnpike 收费公路
turn,转动，pike,矛，枪杆。比喻用法。
英英释意
- 1. (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
- 2. an expressway on which tolls are collected
英文词源
- turnpike (n.)
- early 15c., "spiked road barrier used for defense," from turn + pike (n.2) "shaft." Sense transferred to "horizontal cross of timber, turning on a vertical pin" (1540s), which were used to bar horses from foot roads. This led to the sense of "barrier to stop passage until a toll is paid" (1670s). Meaning "road with a toll gate" is from 1748, shortening of turnpike road (1745).
实用场景例句
- We drive the turnpike to work.
- 我们开车经过收费公路去上班.
期刊摘选
- We had to take a circuitous route because of an accident on the turnpike.
- 由于收费公路上发生了事故,我们不得不走一条弯路.
期刊摘选
- We're on the turnpike. just two miles from downtown.
- 我们就在高速公路上——离市区只有两英里.
期刊摘选
- One was late because of being stuck on the NJ Turnpike because of an auto accident.
- 有一个迟到了是因为在高速公路上因为一起车祸而耽搁了.
期刊摘选
- There is a heavy traffic on the turnpike.
- 解析:此句的意思是“收费公路上交通繁忙. ”
期刊摘选
- You have to pay a toll to drive on a turnpike.
- 在收费公路上开车要缴通行税.
辞典例句
- A lot of cars passed through the turnpike at rush hours.
- 许多车在交通高峰时通过了高速公路.
辞典例句
- A lot of motels lie beside the turnpike.
- 很多汽车旅馆都位于付费公路旁边.
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