speed bump

speed bump

n. An artificial ridge set crosswise into the surface of a street, parking lot, or driveway to make the operators of vehicles drive at a slow speed. Also called speed hump.

speed′ bump`

n. a rounded ridge built crosswise into the pavement of a road to force vehicles to slow down. [1965–70, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun

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speed bump - a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadwayhinderance, hindrance, preventative, preventive, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference, hitch - any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

Translations

减速路障

speed

(spiːd) noun1. rate of moving. a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed. 速度 速度2. quickness of moving. 急行 急行 verb1. (past tense, past participles sped (sped) ˈspeeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry. The car sped/speeded along the motorway. 迅速(前進) 迅速（前进） 2. (past tense, past participle ˈspeeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law. The policeman said that I had been speeding. 超速(開車) 超速（开车） ˈspeeding noun driving at (an illegally) high speed. He was fined for speeding. 超速行駛 超速行驶ˈspeedy adjective done, carried out etc quickly. a speedy answer. 迅速的 迅速的ˈspeedily adverb 迅速地 迅速地ˈspeediness noun 敏捷 敏捷ˈspeed bump noun a raised part across the road to make drivers slow down. 減速路障 减速路障ˈspeed trap noun a device used by the police to catch drivers exceeding the speed limit. 汽車超速監視器 汽车超速监视器speedometer (spiːˈdomitə) noun an instrument on a car etc showing how fast one is travelling. 速度 速度speed up – past tense, past participle ˈspeeded – 1. to increase speed. The car speeded up as it left the town. 加速行駛 加速行驶2. to quicken the rate of. We are trying to speed up production. 增加生產 增加生产