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单词 motorway
释义
motorway
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˈməʊ.tə.weɪ/us
/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɚ.weɪ/
A2
awideroadfor fast-movingtraffic,especiallyin the UK, Ireland, and some othercountries, with alimitednumberofplacesat whichdriverscanenterandleaveit:
高速公路
Because of thebadweather, motorway (driving)conditionsareexpectedto behazardoustonight.由于天气恶劣，今晚在高速公路驾车可能会很危险。
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expressway
freeway
superhighwayUS
pike(ROAD)USinformal
turnpikeUS
picture of motorway
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More examples
  • There has been acollisionon thesouthboundstretchof the motorway.
  • Environmentprotestershave madecommoncausewithlocalpeopletostopthe motorway beingbuilt.
  • Soon after wejoinedthe motorway, thecarstartedto make astrangenoise.
  • Acontraflowis inoperationbetweenjunctions13 and 14 on the motorway.
  • I gotcutup severaltimeson the motorway thismorning- I've neverseensuchdangerousdriving!
  • Doubleglazinghashelpedtodeadenthenoisefrom the motorway.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Roads: motorways
  • access road
  • artery
  • autobahn
  • carriageway
  • clearway
  • contraflow
  • freeway
  • hard shoulder
  • highway
  • interstate
  • off-ramp
  • on-ramp
  • pike
  • route
  • shoulder
  • slip road
  • superhighway
  • toll plaza
  • toll road
  • tollbooth
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(Definition ofmotorwayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

motorway| American Dictionary

motorway
noun[C]
Br
us
/ˈmoʊ·t̬ərˌweɪ/
expressway
(Definition ofmotorwayfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmotorway

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For all motorways, we can observe an interesting easy-hard-easy pattern with increasing number of depots.
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To that extent, the destruction caused by themotorwayreleases a certain amount of mythical meaning into the landscape, into what remains.
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Everywhere the reign of these non-places is growing, in the forms of supermarkets, motorways, airports, and so on.
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Across themotorwayare a hotel (16) along with further shops and parking.
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Outside this area the historical landscape becomes fragmented by an expanding network of railways and motorways.
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Consider a lorry in the middle lane of amotorwaymoving to the inside lane as a car approaches from behind.
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The typicalmotorwayservices building is managed by one company, but usually includes a variety of franchises all sharing a same food court and lavatories.
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It pictured motorways as a purely international phenomenon, neglecting local interests and uses and connecting large cities and tourist destinations in almost straight lines.
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The situations that made most respondents feel nervous were joining amotorway, driving in heavy traffic and changing lanes on amotorway.
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A new rail andmotorwaybridge is to open at the turn of the century.
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The maximum length of anymotorwayis 910 km, the maximum number of restaurants permotorwayis 49.
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When you break down on the side of amotorway, there's this incredible lack of meaning.
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The valley, with its existing railway and proposedmotorway, was the obvious base line for the town.
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Their narratives reconstruct their houses from the void of themotorway.
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In the process, he re-appropriates space (the place of encounter and dialogue) from the desert of non-space (the isolation caused by cars on amotorway).
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