| 单词 | modern roundabout |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmodern roundabout modern roundabout n. North American a junction of several roads consisting of a central, usually circular island around which traffic moves in one direction; = roundabout n. 8.Cf. traffic circle n. at traffic n. Compounds 2, rotary n. 3.Modern roundabouts are typically smaller than traffic circles. Vehicles entering a modern roundabout are forced to maintain a relatively low speed and must yield to those already on the circle, thus reducing the risk of collision.Modern roundabout is also found in earlier British use (where ‘roundabout’ is the usual term for such junctions) as an unfixed collocation; see for example quot. 1939. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > types of road junction > roundabout circus1898 rond-point1903 rotonda1908 traffic circle1914 roundabout1926 rotary1940 gyratory1983 modern roundabout1987 1939 Cheltenham Chron. 4 Mar. 4/4 Tewkesbury's chief industry seemed to be pulling up the main streets and putting them down again. This has been very true..in the erection of a modern roundabout at the Cross.] 1987 Washington Post 6 Aug. (Maryland Weekly section) 2/2 A more effective way to reduce severe accidents..would be to replace signals with modern roundabouts. 2003 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 29 Nov. m2 The modern roundabout differs from older, more poorly designed traffic circles in several ways. It is compact, usually 25 to 70 metres in diameter... The entrances to the roundabout are angled at 30 or 40 degrees so that cars are deflected away from the centre. < as lemmas |
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