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单词 freeway
释义

freeway

noun

free·​way ˈfrē-ˌwā How to pronounce freeway (audio)
1
: an expressway with fully controlled access
2
: a highway without toll fees

Synonyms

  • arterial
  • artery
  • avenue
  • boulevard
  • carriageway [British]
  • drag
  • drive
  • expressway
  • high road
  • highway
  • pass
  • pike
  • road
  • roadway
  • route
  • row
  • street
  • thoroughfare
  • thruway
  • trace
  • turnpike
  • way
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Example Sentences

a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time
Recent Examples on the Web Photos taken from the freeway and posted by CalTrans showed billowing smoke, charred hills and a thin line of flames approaching the interstate. Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2022 Police received a call around noon about a 32-year-old man driving southbound on the freeway near the Power Road area being shot in the shoulder by a bullet coming through a passenger side window, according to Mesa police Detective Richard Encinas. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2022 Plane lands on busy freeway near Los Angeles, ignites after crashing into truck. Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022 The bear was eventually removed from the freeway on a flatbed tow truck, Kendricks said. Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022 The Erotic Heritage Museum sits back from a semi-lonely stretch of Sammy Davis Jr. Drive, not far from the freeway, near some escape rooms, a liquor store, a shooting range, and a weed dispensary. Sam Lipsyte, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 From the freeway to suburban stoplights, drivers of nearly every giant pickup truck give us a big thumbs-up — or cut us off aggressively in an obvious show of insecurity. Laura Burstein, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2022 But Manville, the UCLA professor, said all those cars the trolley removes from the freeway will almost certainly get replaced by backfilling prompted by reduced congestion. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2021 Nevertheless, an inherent problem complicates the use of such technologies: Any device that could remove a wreck from that freeway could just as easily mess with someone else’s car. Ramin Skibba, Wired, 17 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

freeway

noun

free·​way ˈfrē-ˌwā How to pronounce freeway (audio)
: an expressway that can be used without paying tolls

freeway

noun

as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • highway
  • road
  • expressway
  • street
  • thoroughfare
  • boulevard
  • route
  • roadway
  • turnpike
  • carriageway
  • artery
  • arterial
  • interstate
  • drive
  • causeway
  • thruway
  • motorway
  • avenue
  • lane
  • way
  • parkway
  • pass
  • pike
  • high road
  • row
  • autobahn
  • corridor
  • superhighway
  • drag
  • autostrada
  • autoroute
  • beltway
  • bypass
  • alley
  • trace
  • trail
  • switchback
  • corniche
  • byway
  • dual carriageway
  • alleyway
  • crossroad
  • ring road
  • backstreet
  • track
  • secondary road
  • through street
  • side street
  • side road
  • high street
  • branch
  • close
  • laneway
  • shunpike
  • circle
  • dead end
  • cul-de-sac
  • bystreet
  • mews
  • Main Street
  • place
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