| 单词 | main road |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmain road main road n. (a) a principal highway or thoroughfare, esp. a specially surfaced route intended for vehicles; (b) Mining the main or principal passage in a mine (cf. sense 5a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > main or major road great road1614 high road1620 main road1741 highway1837 traffic artery1845 trunk road1848 main-way1862 arterial road1886 primary roada1903 route1912 arterial1920 major road1930 spine road1961 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxiii. 147 As I said, I shall set out next Wednesday in Mr. B.'s Coach and Six; and as we shall keep the main Road all the Way, I shall see, by my being met, how I am to be received, or whether pardon'd or not. 1797 J. Curr Coal Viewer 11 In the main roads underground..square turns are not necessary. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 52 After turning from the main road, up a narrow lane. 1900 Daily News 9 Feb. 3/2 Sometimes the lads and youths who look after the trucks in the main roads are called waggoners. 1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps iv. 86 I saw that main roads were no place for me, and turned into the by-ways. 1956 F. S. Atkinson & R. White in D. L. Linton Sheffield xiv. 276 The shuttle cars transport the ore to the main-road conveyors which discharge the ironstone at the surface into wagons. 1972 in M. Wakelin Patterns Folk Speech Brit. Isles 39 Chief passage in mine..main road..main roadway. 1997 A. Roy God of Small Things v. 128 Houses had mushroomed, and it was only the fact that..the narrow paths that branched off the main road and led to them were not motorable, that gave Ayemenem the semblance of rural quietness. < as lemmas |
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