roads

英 [rəʊdz]

美 [roʊdz]

n.  路; 道路; 公路; (用于道路名称，尤指城镇的)路; 途径; 方法; 路子
road的复数

牛津词典

• 法国公路交通图（road map）标有连接、环绕和穿越各城镇的主要路线。
  A road map of France would show you the major routes between, around and through towns and cities.
  1. a street map of London
     伦敦街道图
  2. Oxford Street
     牛津街
  3. Mile End Road
     迈尔恩德路
• 其他可用于街道名称的词有Circle、Court、Crescent、Drive、Hill和Way。avenue指宽阔的林荫道，lane指建筑物间的小巷、胡同，或在英国英语中指乡村小路。
  Other words used in the names of streets include: Circle , Court , Crescent , Drive , Hill and Way . Avenue suggests a wide street lined with trees. A lane is a narrow street between buildings or, in BrE , a narrow country road.
• 在北美英语中，此义常用Main Street表示。
  In NAmE Main Street is often used as a name for this street.
  1. the record store in the High Street
     商业大街的唱片商店
  2. high street shops
     市镇大街的商店
• 表示连接城镇的公路时，英国英语和美国英语的用词各异。motorway用于英国英语（如57高速路），freeway、highway或interstate用于北美英语（如347州道、94州际公路、长岛高速公路），它们均指城外分道行驶的长途高速公路。
  British and American English use different words for the roads that connect towns and cities. Motorways , (for example, the M57) in BrE , freeways , highways or interstates , (for example State Route 347, Interstate 94, the Long Island Expressway) in NAmE , are large divided roads built for long-distance traffic to avoid towns.
• ring road（英国英语）/ outer belt（北美英语）指为减少市中心的交通流量修建的环城公路。在北美英语中亦可叫做beltway，不过该词通常指华盛顿市的环城公路。bypass指不穿越市中心，绕过城市的旁道。
  A ring road ( BrE ) / an outer belt ( NAmE ) is built around a city or town to reduce traffic in the centre. This can also be called a beltway in NAmE , especially when it refers to the road around Washington D.C. A bypass passes around a town or city rather than through the centre.

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 路;道路;公路
  Aroadis a long piece of hard ground which is built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one place to the other.
  1. There was very little traffic on the roads...
     这些公路上车辆稀少。
  2. We just go straight up the Bristol Road...
     我们就沿着布里斯托尔大道直走。
  3. He was coming down the road the same time as the girl was turning into the lane...
     当女孩拐进这个车道时，他也正沿着这条路驶来。
  4. Buses carry 30 per cent of those travelling by road...
     公交车承载了公路交通客流量的30％。
  5. ...road accidents...
     道路交通事故
• N-COUNT 途径;方法;过程
  Theroad toa particular result is the means of achieving it or the process of achieving it.
  1. We are bound to see some ups and downs along the road to recovery.
     在经济复苏的过程中，我们一定会经历一些曲折起伏。
• PHRASE 出发;动身
  If youhit the road, you set out on a journey.
  1. I was relieved to get back in the car and hit the road again.
     回到车里重新上路后，我松了一口气。
• PHRASE 在旅途中;在路上
  If you areon the road, you are going on a long journey or a series of journeys by road.
  1. He hoped to get a new truck and go back on the road.
     他希望能有一辆新的卡车，重新上路。
• PHRASE 走向…;向…迈进;即将达到
  If you say that someone ison the road tosomething, you mean that they are likely to achieve it.
  1. The government took another step on the road to political reform.
     政府在实现政治改革的路上又迈进了一步。
  2. ...the stunning fashion pictures which launched unknown teenager Jane March on the road to stardom.
     让名不见经传的少女简·马奇走向成名之路的惊艳的时装照片
• the end of the road→ see:end

英英释义

noun

• a partly sheltered anchorage
  Synonym:roadstead

双语例句

• The roads are crowded with vehicles of all kinds.
  马路上挤满了各种车辆。
• Bombing had made roads and railways unusable.
  轰炸导致公路和铁路都无法通行。
• Truck drivers have blockaded roads to show their anger over new driving regulations
  卡车司机通过阻塞道路来表达他们对新机动车交通法规的不满。
• Weeks of heavy rain have washed away roads and bridges.
  几周的大雨将道路和桥梁都冲垮了。
• Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places.
  禁止妓女在马路上和公共场所公然拉客。
• In Mid-Wales six inches of snow blocked roads
  在威尔士的中部地区，6英寸厚的大雪阻塞了道路。
• He first promised two weeks ago to clear Britain's congested roads
  他在两周前首次承诺解决英国道路拥堵的问题。
• There were no roads at all
  那儿根本没有公路。
• About half of those funds has gone to repair public roads, structures and bridges
  那些基金中大约有一半已被用来维修公路、公共建筑物和桥梁。
• The village's roads are choked with traffic
  村里的路上挤满了车辆行人。