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单词 way
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waynoun

uk/weɪ/us/weɪ/

way noun (ROUTE)

A2 [ C ] a route, direction, or path:

Do you know the way to the restaurant?
I've only been living in Madrid for a couple of weeks so I don't really know my way around it yet.
We'll have to stop for petrol on the way to the airport.
Can you find your own way out of the building?
He elbowed/pushed his way (= hit/pushed people so that he could go past them) to the front of the crowd.
The bus stopped for us to eat lunch but within half an hour we were on our way/under way (= travelling) again.
There's no way through here - you'll have to go round.
They flew from Los Angeles to Toronto by way of Chicago.
Many people have lost their way (= become lost) in the forest.
Only local people could find their way through the maze of narrow streets.
make your way

B2 to travel or move to a place:

We slowly made our way down the river.
It's getting late - we should make our way home soon.

B1 [ C ] used to talk about the direction in which something is facing:

"Which way does the room face?" "North."
Which way up should this box be? (= Which side should be on top?)
The numbers are the wrong way round - it should be 71, not 17.
the other way round/around

B2 happening in the opposite way:

I thought the older people would be more offended than the young people, but it was the other way round.
the other way around

B2 happening in the opposite way:

I thought the older people would be more offended than the young people, but it was the other way around.
Way

used in the names of some roads:

Our offices are at 17 King's Way.

More examples

  • I popped into the grocer's on the way home from work to get some cheese.
  • The children will be here soon - you'd better put that plate out of harm's way.
  • Which way are you headed?
  • It is arguable which way is quicker.
  • He put the wheel on the right/wrong way around.

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Roads & routes in general

  • approach
  • ascent
  • bicycle lane/path
  • bike lane/path
  • blacktop
  • communication
  • cycle lane/path
  • fast link
  • footstep
  • inside lane
  • one-way
  • outside lane
  • pass
  • passable
  • road
  • road safety
  • road sense
  • switchback
  • trade route
  • two-way

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Travelling
General location and orientation
Opposites
Roads: urban & residential streets

way noun (DISTANCE)

B1 [ S ] a distance or a period of time:

We walked a long way yesterday.
The holiday seems like it's a long way off.
figurative We managed to pull ourselves all the way from 12th place to first place.
US They still have a ways to go.

More examples

  • We have an idea to develop a talking book, but a marketable product is a long way down the road.
  • Are we anywhere near finishing yet or is there still some way to go?
  • It's a heck of a long way to the nearest shop from here.
  • We're still a long way from the station.
  • Scientists say that a cure for the disease is still a long way off.

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Distant in space and time

  • (in) the middle of nowhere idiom
  • afar
  • afield
  • all/the four corners of the world/earth idiom
  • anywhere
  • as far as the eye can/could see idiom
  • away
  • beaten
  • far
  • further
  • furthermost
  • furthest
  • light years away idiom
  • lonely
  • middle
  • remotely
  • the back of beyond idiom
  • virtually
  • wide
  • you're getting colder idiom

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way noun (POSSIBILITY)

B1 [ C or U ] a particular choice, opinion, belief, or action, especially from among several possibilities:

I like the way you've done your hair.
In some/many ways it would be better if we met on Monday rather than Wednesday.
In a way (= partly), I would rather they didn't come because it will mean extra work.
He might have to resign or he might be demoted, but either way, his career is effectively over.
They don't write songs the way (= as) they used to.

More examples

  • I like the way he just assumes we'll listen to him when he doesn't take in a word anyone else says!
  • One way to get rich is to marry money.
  • Racism is in some ways just a fear of the unknown.
  • In what way did this influence your decision?
  • There's no way she's going to agree to that.

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Ways of achieving things

  • a means to an end idiom
  • actively
  • another
  • approach
  • avenue
  • basis
  • fair
  • jump
  • mean
  • medium
  • mixed media
  • modality
  • modus operandi
  • one way or another idiom
  • one-handed
  • resort
  • vein
  • what's the drill for sth? idiom
  • whereby
  • workings

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way noun (MANNER)

C1 [ S ] the manner in which someone behaves or thinks, or in which something happens:

Don't worry - it's just his way.
He looked at me in a sinister way.
It's amazing the way she manages to stay so calm.
The way he was shouting, you'd have thought he was badly hurt.
To my way of thinking, they shouldn't be building so many roads.
It's always the way at work - either I have nothing to do or I'm rushed off my feet!
ways [ plural ]

types of behaviour:

Over the years we've got used to his funny little ways.

More examples

  • He tends to copy his brother in the way he dresses.
  • The way we waste this planet's resources is criminal.
  • He wandered around, clearing up in a desultory way.
  • "That'll be five pounds, dear", he said in an irritatingly familiar way.
  • I admire her forthright way of dealing with people.

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Ways of achieving things

  • a means to an end idiom
  • actively
  • another
  • approach
  • avenue
  • basis
  • fair
  • jump
  • mean
  • medium
  • mixed media
  • modality
  • modus operandi
  • one way or another idiom
  • one-handed
  • resort
  • vein
  • what's the drill for sth? idiom
  • whereby
  • workings

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Behaving, interacting and behaviour

way noun (METHOD)

A2 [ C ] an action that can produce the result you want; a method:

There are many ways of solving the problem.
[ + to infinitive ] That's not the way to do it - let me show you.
That method hasn't worked, so let's try your way.

More examples

  • There are many ways of tackling this problem.
  • He found calorie-counting the best way of losing weight.
  • One way to get rich is to marry money.
  • We must find ways of keeping our expenditure in check.
  • Drug smugglers constantly use their ingenuity to find new ways of getting drugs into a country.

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Ways of achieving things

  • a means to an end idiom
  • actively
  • another
  • approach
  • avenue
  • basis
  • fair
  • jump
  • mean
  • medium
  • mixed media
  • modality
  • modus operandi
  • one way or another idiom
  • one-handed
  • resort
  • vein
  • what's the drill for sth? idiom
  • whereby
  • workings

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way noun (FREE SPACE)

C2 [ S ] the space needed for a particular movement or action:

"Sorry, am I in your way? I'll move."
I couldn't see the stage because there was a pillar in the way (= between me and the stage).
Make way for some new clothes by clearing out ones you never wear.
You need to get out of the way of that car.
figurative She's determined to succeed and she won't let anything get/stand in her way (= prevent her).

More examples

  • As she left the court, she was confronted by angry crowds who tried to block her way.
  • Your head is in the way of the TV. Please can you move?
  • I had to grope my way up the dark stairs.
  • The children will be here soon - you'd better put that plate out of harm's way.
  • They gave a great heave and rolled the boulder out of the way.

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Space - general words

  • blank
  • box
  • chamber
  • clearance
  • elbow room
  • expanse
  • floor
  • footprint
  • headroom
  • legroom
  • patch
  • room
  • space
  • spacing
  • spacious
  • spatial
  • void
  • zone

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way noun (WANT)

C1 [ S ] informal If someone gets or has their way, what they want happens:

If she doesn't get/have her (own) way, she sulks like a four-year-old.

More examples

  • He's such a child if he doesn't get his own way.
  • My little brother always gets his own way.
  • He's a schemer who always finds a way of getting his own way.
  • Those children are always getting their own way.
  • She has a temper tantrum if she doesn't get her own way.

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Goals and purposes

  • affordance
  • aim
  • ambition
  • aspiration
  • avail
  • cause 1
  • dedicated
  • deliverable
  • end
  • KPI
  • objective
  • order
  • orientation
  • point
  • poodle
  • poodle around (sth)
  • prize
  • target
  • use
  • utility

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way noun (CONDITION)

[ S ] the bad condition or state of someone or something, especially the state of a person's health:

He's been in a bad way (= very ill) ever since the operation.

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In bad condition

  • battered
  • battle-scarred
  • be on the skids idiom
  • beat up
  • blasted
  • fleabitten
  • have seen better days idiom
  • hors de combat
  • impair
  • in good, bad, etc. repair idiom
  • sad
  • scuff
  • shabby
  • shattered
  • shop-soiled
  • worm-eaten
  • worn out
  • worse
  • worsen
  • wrack

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Not fit & healthy

Idiom(s)

all the way
all the way to
(in) any way, shape, or form
be on the way to sth
be out of the way
by the way
by way of
the easy way out
find a way
get sth out of the way
give way to sth
go your own (sweet) way
go your own/separate way
go all the way
go out of your way
have it both ways
in no way
make your way
no way
point the way
talk your way into/out of sth
way of life
way to go!
the way to a man's heart is through his stomach
way/direction the wind blows
ways and means
work your way up/to the top
wouldn't have it any other way

wayadverb

uk/weɪ/us/weɪ/

way adverb (EMPHASIS)

informal used to emphasize degree or separation, especially in space or time:

After the third lap, she was way behind the other runners.
She spends way too much money on clothes.

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Linguistics: very & extreme

  • abject
  • awful
  • badly
  • beyond
  • classic
  • classical
  • devastating
  • drop dead! idiom
  • eminently
  • esp
  • especially
  • heartily
  • impossibly
  • rather
  • sheer
  • specially
  • supremely
  • thoroughly
  • whole
  • wide

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way adverb (PLACE)

old-fashioned in the direction of:

I think they live Birmingham way.

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Describing movement towards

  • -ways
  • at
  • convergent
  • earthward
  • facing
  • for
  • forward
  • forwards
  • hither
  • into
  • inwards
  • on
  • oncoming
  • onward
  • onwards
  • thither
  • unto
  • up
  • ward
  • wise

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waynoun

us/weɪ/

way noun (ROUTE)

[ C ] a route or path to follow in order to get to a place:

Do you know the way to the train station?

[ C ] If you don’t know your way, can’t find your way, or have lost your way, you are not sure or do not know how to get where you want to go:

I don’t really know my way around town yet.

[ C ] Way also means street:

Our office is at 17 Harbor Way.

[ C ] Way can mean the direction, position, or order of something:

The numbers should be the other way around – 71, not 17.

[ C ] Your way can also be the progress of your life:

He made his way from sales assistant to head of sales.

way noun (DISTANCE)

[ U ] also ways, /weɪz/distance, or a period of time:

We walked just a short way before he got tired.
When Mom called us for supper, we were still a ways from being finished.

way noun (MANNER)

[ C ] a particular manner, characteristic, or fashion:

I like the way your hair is fixed.
Jack and Beth feel the same way about animals.
There is no way I can leave her.
They don’t write songs the way they used to.

[ C ] Your way is also the ability to do things in the manner you want:

My little sister gets furious if she doesn’t get her way.

Idiom(s)

by the way
in a way
in the way
on its way
the way things are
way of life

wayadverb [ always + adv/prep; not gradable ]

us/weɪ/infml

way adverb [ always + adv/prep; not gradable ] (FAR)

(used for emphasis) far or long:

That skirt’s way too much money.
Come on now, Alexander, it’s way past your bedtime.

slang Way can also mean very:

That car is way cool!
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