| 单词 | roman road |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRoman road Roman road n. a road constructed by the ancient Romans, typically paved and following a predominantly straight course; (also) a later road that follows the course of a road built by the Romans. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > Roman road Roman road1640 iter1753 1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 23 It will..be easily granted that the Roman-roads betweene Port and Port; and betweene one great Towne and another, were made and laid out as direct and streight as might be. 1732 J. Horsley Britannia Romana iii. ii. 460 I continued the Roman road for two or three miles where it is rarely visited. It is very beautiful, smooth on both sides, broad at top, the holes remaining whence it was taken, with a ditch on each hand. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 568 The Roman road from London nearly bisects the country, and still goes familiarly under the name of ‘the Watling Street’. 1923 Geogr. Jrnl. 57 359 Here two air-photos will certainly reveal the course of undiscovered Roman roads. 2001 T. Mueller in F. Mayes Best Amer. Trav. Writing 2002 (2002) 223 Flying low over Europe one can easily pick out the Roman roads, those clean straight vectors among the chaotic medieval checkerboard of lanes and farmers' fields. < as lemmas |
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