| 单词 | relief road |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrelief road relief road n. (a) a road constructed to provide occupation and payment for the unemployed (now rare); (b) British a road designed to divert traffic from congested areas, esp. a road that takes traffic around, rather than through, an urban area. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > relief road relief road1874 1847 Times 22 Jan. 7 Irish relief works... I send you a statement of a relief road job going on within sight of my windows.] 1874 Times 14 Apr. 12 The principal relief road, at the Durbunga end of which some 36,000 men, woman, and children are employed. 1901 Times 13 Sept. 4/4 One method of providing such relief roads would be by by-laws providing that all building estates should set aside land for main roads. 1999 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 5 Nov. 4 There will be a relief road which will improve the flow of traffic. < as lemmas |
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