| 单词 | road name |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad name road name n. (a) the name of a road, or a representation of this on a sign, typically placed at the end of a road; (b) North American a name used by a person ‘on the road’, as a hobo or tramp; an alias. Π 1878 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 10 300 Most of the road-names give us little clue to the origin of the trackways which they designate; but the streets are commonly held to be of Roman descent. 1903 World To-day May 659 Every professional tramp and tramp burglar is accustomed to write or carve what he calls his ‘road name’, with the date and the direction in which he is going. 1965 Eng. Stud. 46 266 The variant..can be confirmed from the Windsor road-name. 1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 14 Mar. (Letters section) 2 The slow drivers..are merely trying to find their destination and are constantly searching..for road names. 2001 Toronto Star (Nexis) 21 July l1 I share a beer with Papa Grump and Road Hog USA (everyone goes by their road names), who fill me in on a lot of hobo lore. < as lemmas |
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