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road R0266000 (rōd)n.1. a. Abbr. Rd. An open, generally public way for the passage of vehicles, people, and animals.b. The surface of a road; a roadbed.2. A course or path: the road to riches.3. A railroad.4. often roads Nautical A roadstead.Idioms: down the road In the future; at a later date. on the road1. On tour, as a theatrical company.2. Traveling, especially as a salesperson.3. Wandering, as a vagabond.
[Middle English rode, rade, a riding, road, from Old English rād; see reidh- in Indo-European roots.]road (rəʊd) n1. (Automotive Engineering) a. an open way, usually surfaced with asphalt or concrete, providing passage from one place to anotherb. (as modifier): road traffic; a road map; a road sign. c. (in combination): the roadside. 2. (Human Geography) a. a streetb. (capital when part of a name): London Road. 3. (Railways) a. US short for railroadb. Brit one of the tracks of a railway4. a way, path, or course: the road to fame. 5. (Nautical Terms) (often plural) nautical Also called: roadstead a partly sheltered anchorage6. (Mining & Quarrying) a drift or tunnel in a mine, esp a level one7. hit the road slang to start or resume travelling8. on the road a. travelling, esp as a salesmanb. (of a theatre company, pop group, etc) on tourc. leading a wandering life9. take the road take to the road to begin a journey or tour10. one for the road informal a last alcoholic drink before leaving[Old English rād; related to rīdan to ride, and to Old Saxon rēda, Old Norse reith] ˈroadless adjroad (roʊd)
n. 1. a long, narrow stretch with a leveled or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc.; street or highway. 2. a way or course: the road to peace. 3. Often, roads. roadstead. 4. railroad. 5. any tunnel in a mine used for hauling. Idioms: down the road, at some future time. [before 900; Middle English rode, earlier rade, Old English rād a journey on horseback, akin to rīdan to ride] road - First meant "riding" or "hostile incursion on horseback"—a sense preserved in "inroads."See also related terms for riding.street road lane">lane1. 'street'A street is a road in a town or large village, usually with houses or other buildings built alongside it. The two men walked slowly down the street.They went into the café across the street.2. 'road'Road is a very general word for a paved way in a town or between towns. You can use road in almost any context where street is used. For example, you can say 'They walked down the street' or 'They walked down the road'. You can also use road for paved ways in the countryside. The road to the airport was blocked.They drove up a steep, twisting mountain road.3. 'lane'A lane is a narrow road, usually in the countryside. There's a cottage at the end of the lane.He rode his horse down a muddy lane.A lane is also one of the parts of a large road such as a motorway, which has more than one line of traffic going in each direction. She accelerated into the fast lane.Are taxis allowed to use the bus lane?Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  road - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportationrouteaccess road, slip road - a short road giving access to an expressway; "in Britain they call an access road a slip road"bend, curve - curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)bypath, byroad, byway - a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)causeway - a road that is raised above water or marshland or sandclearway - a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown)corduroy - a road made of logs laid crosswisecrest, crown - the center of a cambered roaddetour, roundabout way - a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)parkway, drive - a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views"driveway, private road, drive - a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway"highway, main road - a major road for any form of motor transportcarrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection, crossing - a junction where one street or road crosses anotherrail line, railway line, line - the road consisting of railroad track and roadbedpavement, paving - the paved surface of a thoroughfarepost road - a road over which mail is carriedroadbed - a bed supporting a roadroadway - a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travelshortcut, crosscut, cutoff - a route shorter than the usual oneberm, shoulder - a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road; "the car pulled off onto the shoulder"side road - a minor road branching off of a main roadskid road - a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauledspeedway - road where high speed driving is allowedthoroughfare - a public road from one place to anothercart track, cartroad, track - any road or path affording passage especially a rough onerotary, roundabout, traffic circle, circle - a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"turnaround - an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn aroundturnoff - a side road where you can turn off; "I missed the turnoff and went 15 miles out of my way"turnout, widening - a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or parkway - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out" | | 2. | road - a way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame"means, way, agency - how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"royal road - an auspicious way or means to achieve something; "the royal road to success" |
roadnoun1. roadway, street, highway, motorway, track, direction, route, path, lane, avenue, artery, pathway, carriageway, thoroughfare, course There was very little traffic on the roads.2. way, course, direction, route, path on the road to recoveryroadnounA course affording passage from one place to another:avenue, boulevard, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, path, roadway, route, street, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike, way.Translationsroad (rəud) noun1. a strip of ground usually with a hard level surface for people, vehicles etc to travel on. This road takes you past the school; (also adjective) road safety. 道路 道路2. (often abbreviated to Rd when written) used in the names of roads or streets. His address is 24 School Road. 路 路3. a route; the correct road(s) to follow in order to arrive somewhere. We'd better look at the map because I'm not sure of the road. (正確)路線 途径4. a way that leads to something. the road to peace; He's on the road to ruin. 走向…的道路 走向…的道路路 ˈroadblock noun a barrier put across a road (eg by the police) in order to stop or slow down traffic. to set up a roadblock. 路障 路障road map a map showing the roads of (part of) a country. 路線圖 道路图，街道图，公路线路图交通图 ˈroadside noun the ground beside a road. flowers growing by the roadside; (also adjective) a roadside café. 路邊 路边ˈroadway noun the part of a road on which cars etc travel. Don't walk on the roadway. 公路 道路，车行道 ˈroadworks noun plural the building or repairing of a road. The traffic was held up by the roadworks. 道路工程 筑路工程，道路施工 ˈroadworthy adjective good enough or safe to be used on the road. Is this car roadworthy? 可行駛的 可行驶的ˈroadworthiness noun 可行駛性 可行驶性by road in a lorry, car etc. We'll send the furniture by road rather than by rail; We came by road. 搭車或開車 经由公路（搭车或开车） - Which road do I take for ...? → 去...我应当走哪条路？
- Is the road to ... covered with snow? (US)
Is the road to ... snowed up? (UK) → 去...的路上有积雪吗？ - When will the road be clear? → 道路什么时候才能畅通呢？
- What's the speed limit on this road? (US)
What is the speed limit on this road? (UK) → 这条路限速是多少？ - Do you have a road map of this area? → 这儿出售本地区的行车路线图吗？
- I need a road map of ... → 我要一份...的行车路线图
road
See:- a road hog
- a road to nowhere
- All roads lead to Rome
- be the end of the road
- bump in the road
- burn up the road
- down the line
- down the road
- down the road, not across the street
- end of the line
- further along the road
- further along/down the road
- further down the road
- get out of the road
- get the show on the road
- get this show on the road
- go down a/the road
- go down that road
- hell is paved with good intentions, the road/way to
- hit the road
- in (one's) road
- in the road
- keep the/this show on the road
- kick the can down the road
- kick the tin
- knight of the road
- let's get the/this show on the road
- middle of the road
- middle-of-the-road
- off the road
- on the high-road to Needham
- on the road
- on the road to (something)
- on the road to recovery
- on the road to recovery, stardom, etc.
- on the road to ruin, disaster, etc.
- one for the road
- out of (one's) road
- out of the way
- road apple
- road hog
- road pizza
- road rage
- road rash
- road show
- road to Damascus
- road to hell is paved with good intentions
- road to hell is paved with good intentions, the
- road to nowhere
- road trip
- road-rash
- rocky road
- rocky road (to something)
- royal road (to something)
- royal road to
- royal road to (something)
- run out of road
- scrape (someone or something) up off (something)
- smack the road
- take the high road
- take the low road
- take to the road
- the end of the road
- the end of the road/line
- the high road
- the low road
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions
- the rocky road to
- the royal road
- There is no royal road to learning
- time to hit the road
- what happens on the road stays on the road
- where the rubber meets the road
- wide place in the road
- yellow brick road
road
road, strip of land used for transportation. The history of roads has been related to the centralizing of populations in powerful cities, which the roads have served for military purposes and for trade, the collection of supplies, and tribute. In the Middle East, in N Mesopotamia, scientists have found evidence of a network of roads dating back to perhaps 3000 B.C. In Persia, between 500 and 400 B.C., all the provinces were connected with the capital, Susa, by roads, one of them 1,500 mi (2,400 km) long. The ancient Greeks, cherishing the independence of their city-states and opposing centralization, did relatively little road making. The Roman roadsRoman roads,
ancient system of highways linking Rome with its provinces. Their primary purpose was military, but they also were of great commercial importance and brought the distant provinces in touch with the capital.
..... Click the link for more information. , however, are famous. In Italy and in every region that the Romans conquered, they built roads so durable that parts of them yet remain serviceable. The Roman roads were generally straight, even over steep grades. The surface, made of large slabs of hard stone, rested on a bed of smaller stones and cement about 3 ft (91 cm) thick. From the fall of the Roman Empire until the 19th cent., European roads generally were neglected and hard to travel. People usually walked, rode horses, or were carried in sedan chairs. Goods were transported by pack animals. In France, Louis XIV and Napoleon built good roads for military purposes. Elsewhere on the Continent roads were not much improved before the middle of the 19th cent. In Great Britain two Scottish engineers, Thomas TelfordTelford, Thomas,
1757–1834, Scottish civil engineer. He greatly improved road building in England and Scotland. He introduced the use of a base of large stones surfaced with compacted layers of small stones.
..... Click the link for more information. and John L. McAdam, were responsible for the development of the macadam road (see pavementpavement,
the wearing surface of a road, street, or sidewalk. Parts of Babylon and Troy are believed to have been paved; Roman roads were noted for their durable stone paving. Cobblestones were common from late medieval times into the 19th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ). The expansion of the Industrial Revolution brought this and other road improvements to the Continent, although the emphasis was on railroadrailroad
or railway,
form of transportation most commonly consisting of steel rails, called tracks, on which trains of freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock are drawn by one locomotive or more.
..... Click the link for more information. construction until after the invention of the automobile. In the Americas the Inca empire was remarkable for its fine roads. In what is now the United States, however, the waterways were the normal mode of travel for Native Americans, and their trails, though numerous, were often simply footpaths. These were used by white settlers and were eventually widened to make wagon trails. The increasing use of stagecoaches led to some improvement, and the turnpiketurnpike,
road paid for partly or wholly by fees collected from travelers at tollgates. It derives its name from the hinged bar that prevented passage through such a gate until the toll was paid. See also road.
..... Click the link for more information. , or toll road, was introduced at the beginning of the 19th cent. Although the planning and building of road arteries, notably the National RoadNational Road,
U.S. highway built in the early 19th cent. At the time of its construction, the National Road was the most ambitious road-building project ever undertaken in the United States. It finally extended from Cumberland, Md., to St.
..... Click the link for more information. , marked the early years of the century, canalscanal,
an artificial waterway constructed for navigation or for the movement of water. The digging of canals for irrigation probably dates back to the beginnings of agriculture, and traces of canals have been found in the regions of ancient civilizations.
..... Click the link for more information. and then railroads took precedence. The invention and mass production of the automobile made the road became paramount again. Hard-surfaced highways were stretched across the entire land in a relatively few years. The building of roads became a major branch of engineering, and even the most difficult obstacles were surmounted. Roads have helped greatly to equalize and unify large heterogeneous nations. In the United States the Interstate Highway System consists of 42,793 mi (68,869 km) of roads (all but a few miles of which are completed) connecting every major city. Other well-known road networks which serve to unify large areas include Germany's Autobahn, the Trans-Canada Highway, and the Pan-American Highway. An ambitious, 23-nation agreement to link Asia with a network of highways was signed in 2004. Bibliography See G. Hindley, A History of Roads (1972); P. H. Wright et al., Highway Engineering (2004); E. Swift, The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways (2011). What does it mean when you dream about a road?Dreams about roads often represent one’s direction or goal in life. If the road is straight and narrow, what has been planned is being successfully carried out. If the road is winding or bumpy, the dreamer’s plans are vague or flexible, or the dreamer is meeting with unexpected change or difficulty. A roadblock may mean the dreamer needs to be more persistent and diligent, or double back and take another route. road[rōd] (civil engineering) An open way for travel and transportation. (geology) One of a series of erosional terraces in a glacial valley, formed as the water level dropped in an ice-dammed lake. (mining engineering) Any mine passage or tunnel. road1. a. an open way, usually surfaced with asphalt or concrete, providing passage from one place to another b. (as modifier): road traffic 2. a street 3. a. US short for railroadb. Brit one of the tracks of a railway 4. Nautical a partly sheltered anchorage Road (dreams)It usually symbolizes the journey that we take to achieve our goals. The road in the dream represents a road in your life. It could be the road to your heart, spirit, or mind. Consider the kind of road that you were on and try to see how it relates to your daily realities. If the road is straight, wellmarked, and lit, it may an affirmation that you are moving in the right directions. If there are many obstacles and the road is very hard, consider your options.MedicalSeeRoad MapRoad
Related to Road: Road transport, road testROAD. A passage through the country for the use of the people. 3 Yeates, 421.
2. Roads are public or private. Public roads are laid out by public authority, or dedicated by individuals to public use. The public have the use of such roads, but the owner of the land over which they are made and the owners of land bounded on the highway, have, prima facie, a fee in such highway, ad medium filum vice, subject to the easement in favor of the public. 1 Conn. 193; 11 Conn. 60; 2 John. 357 15 John. 447. But where the boundary excludes the highway, it is, of course, excluded. 11 Pick. 193. See 13 Mass. 259. The proprietor of the soil, is therefore entitled to all the fruits which grow by its side; 16 Mass. 366, 7; and to all the mineral wealth it contains. 1 Rolle, 392, 1. 5; 4 Day, R. 328; 1 Conn'. Rep, 103; 6 Mass. R. 454; 4 Mass, R. 427; 15 Johns. Rep. 447, 583; 2 Johns. R. 357; Com. Dig. Chimin, A 2; 6 Pet. 498; 1 Sumn. 21; 10 Pet. 25; 6 Pick. 57; 6 Mass. 454; 12 Wend. 98.
3. There are public roads, such as turnpikes and railroads, which are constructed by public authority, or by corporations. These are kept in good order by the respective companies to which they belong, and persons travelling on them, with animals and vehicles, are required to pay toll. In general these companies have only a right of passage over the land, which remains the property, subject to the easement, of the owner at the time the road was made or of his heirs or assigns.
4. Private roads are, such as are used for private individuals only, and are not wanted for the public generally. Sometimes roads of this kind are wanted for the accommodation of land otherwise enclosed and without access to public roads. The soil of such roads belongs to the owner of the land over which they are made.
5. Public roads are kept in repair at the public expense, and private roads by those who use them. Vide Domain; Way. 13 Mass. 256; 1 Sumn. Rep. 21; 2 Hill. Ab. c. 7; 1 Pick. R. 122; 2 Mass. R. 127 6 Mass. R. 454; 4 Mass. R. 427; 15 Mass. Rep. 33; 3 Rawle, R. 495; 1 N. H. Rep. 16; 1 McCord, R. 67; 1 Conn. R. 103; 2 John. R. 357; 1 John. Rep. 447; 15 John. R. 483; 4 Day, Rep. 330; 2 Bailey, Rep. 271; 1 Burr. 133; 7 B. & Cr. 304; 11 Price R. 736; 7 Taunt. R. 39; Str. 1004. 1 Shepl. R. 250; 5 Conn. Rep. 528; 8 Pick. R. 473; Crabb, R. P. Sec. 102-104. ROAD, mar. law. A road is defined by Lord Hale to be an open passage of the sea, which, from the situation of the adjacent land, and its own depth and wideness, affords a secure place for the common riding and anchoring of vessels. Hale de Port. Mar. p. 2, c. 2. This word, however, does not appear to have a very definite meaning. 2 Chit. Com. Law, 4, 5. ROAD
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See RDroad
Related to road: Road transport, road testSynonyms for roadnoun roadwaySynonyms- roadway
- street
- highway
- motorway
- track
- direction
- route
- path
- lane
- avenue
- artery
- pathway
- carriageway
- thoroughfare
- course
noun waySynonyms- way
- course
- direction
- route
- path
Synonyms for roadnoun a course affording passage from one place to anotherSynonyms- avenue
- boulevard
- drive
- expressway
- freeway
- highway
- path
- roadway
- route
- street
- superhighway
- thoroughfare
- thruway
- turnpike
- way
Synonyms for roadnoun an open way (generally public) for travel or transportationSynonymsRelated Words- access road
- slip road
- bend
- curve
- bypath
- byroad
- byway
- causeway
- clearway
- corduroy
- crest
- crown
- detour
- roundabout way
- parkway
- drive
- driveway
- private road
- highway
- main road
- carrefour
- crossroad
- crossway
- intersection
- crossing
- rail line
- railway line
- line
- pavement
- paving
- post road
- roadbed
- roadway
- shortcut
- crosscut
- cutoff
- berm
- shoulder
- side road
- skid road
- speedway
- thoroughfare
- cart track
- cartroad
- track
- rotary
- roundabout
- traffic circle
- circle
- turnaround
- turnoff
- turnout
- widening
- way
noun a way or means to achieve somethingRelated Words |