A road on which motor vehicles may travel fast. Also gen., a motorway. Also figurative. Originally U.S.
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| 释义 | society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > for fast motor traffic (18) speedway1903 A road on which motor vehicles may travel fast. Also gen., a motorway. Also figurative. Originally U.S. motorway1906 A dual carriageway having two or (usually) more lanes in each direction, designed for use by fast, long-distance traffic. Also figurative. Cf. freeway… superhighway1924 North American. A wide main road with controlled access, esp. a dual carriageway, for high-speed traffic; a motorway. Also figurative. freeway1926 Originally and chiefly North American. A thoroughfare to which the owners of abutting premises are denied the right of direct access, in order to… expresswayc1938 A wide road for fast motor-traffic (see quots.); an urban motorway. Also express highway, expressway road, expressway route. throughway1942 North American. Chiefly in form thruway. A wide main road with controlled or limited access, designed for use by fast, long-distance traffic; an… Subcategories:— exit from (2) — in countries other than Britain and the U.S. (4) — overhead (1) — system of (1) — slip road (4) |
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