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单词 driveway
释义
driveway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdraɪv.weɪ/us
/ˈdraɪv.weɪ/
(also mainlyUKdrive)
aprivateareainfrontof ahouseor otherbuildingonto which you can drive andparkyourcar:
Weheardtyrescoming down thegraveldriveway.
Aredvanwasparkedinthe driveway infrontof thegarage.
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More examples
  • Shepulledinto the driveway of herhome.
  • Treeslinedthe drivewayleadingto thevilla.
  • Access to thecourthouseis from thewesterndriveway of thebuilding.
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Roads: urban & residential streets
(Definition ofdrivewayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • From the driveway a gravelled footpath led through the shrubbery and flower garden by a wicket gate to the Church.
  • In silence they went down the driveway to the beach road, along the path to the cliffs.
  • The Dean's desk stood in a wide square bay window which overlooked the driveway.
  • There was a driveway from this court into the street beyond.
  • They too heard the noise and saw a small ancient roadster turn into the driveway and stop.
driveway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdraɪv.weɪ/us
/ˈdraɪv.weɪ/
(also mainlyUKdrive)
a ashortprivateroadthatleadsfrom apublicroadto ahouseorgarage
（住宅通往大路的）私人车道

driveway| American Dictionary

driveway
noun[C]
us
/ˈdrɑɪvˌweɪ/
ashortprivateroadthatleadsfrom astreetto a person’shouseorgarage(=buildingwhere acariskept)
(Definition ofdrivewayfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdriveway

driveway
The first impression of the building from the meanderingdrivewayis a strange shiny object hardly visible behind the trees.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The barn is cellared, with a raiseddrivewayslightly higher than the yard accessed by a gentle ramp at both ends.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He can hardly get it out of thedriveway!
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thisdrivewayoriginally overlooked the main floor of the barn, which was at a lower level cut into the lakeshore.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A wooden partition divides the garden, with parallel driveways and gates to the house.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The graveldrivewayleads into and through the maze of chambers that constitutes the quarry.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Both elevationally and experientially it still remained as a controlling device, but from merely being the destination for adriveway, it had been pressed into a more processional movement pattern.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He just, like, they would come in, and he'd just back up all the way into thedriveway, which he didn't have to, and then he, he took off.
From theCambridge English Corpus
What we seem to have here is one, not two, numerically distinct lawnmowers, despite the fact that the lawnmower is ' corrupted' when its parts are strewn across mydriveway.
From theCambridge English Corpus
People may find difficulty in driving their cars from their garages along a shortdrivewayto the main road.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
When people were so snarled up that they could not get their cars out of theirdriveway, they would go on the tube.
From the
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is a single-lane road, with no footpaths and no turning spaces, other than those of the residents' own driveways.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There are houses in my constituency where thedrivewayis 12½ ft.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Local residents have not been able to park outside their homes and have often not been able to get into their driveways.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Items of repair undertaken include repairs to the roof, repairs and replacement of doors and windows and essential repairs to thedriveway.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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