单词 | walkway |
释义 | walkwayn. Originally U.S. 1. = walk n.1 10a. Also: a path constructed to lead sightseers through an area of interest or natural beauty. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road plainstones1611 flanker1682 side pavement1685 footwalk1701 sideway1738 sidewalk1739 pavement1743 banquette1772 footpath1776 trottoir1789 walkway1792 parapet1795 causeway1796 flag-way1800 flags1801 pave1835 flagstone1840 flagging1851 walk1913 pedway1965 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > in a garden or pleasure-ground alleyc1405 alurea1450 walk1533 lead1590 paddock1678 walkway1792 1792 in Hist. Coll. Essex Inst. (1865) VII. 37/2 John Sanders..agrees to pave the walk way in front of his Father's Estate. 1816 W. Bentley Diary (1914) IV. 405 A walkway for the first time has been raised in the principal streets in the eastern part of the Town. 1871 Petersburg (Va.) Index 27 June Now walkways have been made through the lawn, the bath rooms and ten-pin alleys put in good condition. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xvi He went down the broad steps of the Capitol, and out the winding white walkway through the park. 1973 Times 18 Oct. (Brazil Suppl.) p. vii/4 Tourists..will have ‘walkways’ through special jungle reserves which will remain undisturbed. 1976 Outdoor Living (N.Z.) 1 ii. 42 (caption) Quarry tiled walkway and meandering plants leading through a painted brick archway give a pleasant first impression to this home. 1984 Daily Tel. 3 July 1/7 Outside there will be Tivoli-style gardens with a walkway along the Thames. 2004 T. Neylon Adventure Guide Irel. 191 Near Ballymahon there are six miles (10 km) of landscaped walkways along the Royal Canal. 2. A pedestrian passageway linking different parts of a building, complex of buildings, structure, etc.; esp. a passageway above ground level or separating pedestrians from machinery, traffic, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > among buildings, machinery, or scenery walkway1813 1813 W. Huntington Gleanings of Vintage vi. xxix. 70 Shutting myself up the whole day in the chapel to have it out, fearing to be disturbed, for the devil and I was hard at it.., and fought in the walk way, up and down, till about the eleventh hour. 1858 Rep. Secretary of War II. iii. (U.S. House Executive Doc. No. 2) 994 Specifications for the iron and timber work of Bridge No. 6, across Rock creek... Suitable walk ways and parapet railing and cornice will be provided. 1880 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 27 Oct. The conductor clambered along a narrow walkway, on the outside of the coaches and gathered up the fares. 1933 Meccano Mag. Feb. 109/1 There is perfect communication between all members of the crew, a walk-way from end to end of the aeroplane being provided to enable members to change places quickly. 1959 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 18/4 The lay-out [of London Zoo] will include all-weather covered elevated walkways from the main gate. 1968 New Scientist 26 Sept. 640/2 There will be..a moving walkway along the pier to the two terminals [at Heathrow Airport]. 1981 Sci. Amer. Nov. 32/1 This environment, the home of the most diverse swarm of species,..is currently studied from walkways hung high among the treetops, steel towers rising into the leafy canopy. 2006 R. M. Jones Buckling of Bars, Plates, & Shells 805 The..suspended walkways depicted in Figure D-2 featured a single long continuous vertical support rod from the bottom of the second-floor walkway. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792 |
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