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单词 route
释义 route
I. \ˈrü]t, ˈrau̇], usu ]d.+V\ noun
also rout \ˈrau̇]\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rute, route, from Old French route troop, band, route, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin rupta (via), literally, broken way, beaten way, from Latin rupta, feminine of ruptus, past participle of rumpere to break — more at reave
1.
 a. : a traveled way : road, highway
  < expressways, toll roads, turnpikes, and similar large-scale routes — P.F.Griffin >
  < because of its position on a water route, the village soon became a river-traffic center — American Guide Series: Michigan >
 b. : a means of access : channel, path
  < preparedness was offered as a route to peace — F.L.Paxson >
  < liberal arts courses … as a route to the graduate schools — University of Chicago Round Table >
2.
 a. : a regular routine : customary progression
 b. : a method of transmitting a disease or of administering a remedy
  < the airborne route of … infection — M.L.Furcolow >
  < may be injected into … patients who cannot for any reason take the material by the oral routeCollier's Year Book >
3. : a line or direction of travel : course, track
 < bayous change their routes with each flood — Lamp >
 < U.S. 19 follows the general route of the old Catawba Trail — American Guide Series: North Carolina >
4.
 a. : an established itinerary : a selected or regularly traversed passage especially between two distant points
  < soon I'll be over the panhandle … if I've not drifted north of route — C.A.Lindbergh b.1902 >
  < permission … for 53 new domestic air routesAmericana Annual >
  < the preponderance of shipping traffic along the north Atlantic route — R.S.Thoman >
 specifically : a telephone line
  < a new procedure … enables operators to use the circuits on busy routes more efficiently — C.F.Craig >
 b. : an assigned territory to be systematically covered
  < postal route >
  < paper route >
 c. : a prescribed manner of shipment that may include selected carriers, junctions, and delivery point
  < inform me by what route they had sent an order — Georgina Grahame >
5. archaic : marching orders
 < our route came for a march — Robert Bage >
6. : a horse race of a mile or more
 < a horse trained for routes does not do well in sprints >
Synonyms: see way
II. transitive verb
also rout \“\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1.
 a. : to plan an itinerary for : send by a selected route : direct
  < route lines through the richest inland spots — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
  < routed volunteers to the guerilla frontiers — E.P.Snow >
 b. : to divert in a specified direction
  < route the high voltage to the various engine cylinders in the correct sequence — Aircraft Power Plants >
  < took to routing their business through his … colleague — S.H.Adams >
 c. : to select the course to be followed by a shipment by designating carrier, intermediate points, junctions, and final delivery
2. : to put (the mail for a postal route) in order for delivery
3. : to prearrange and direct the order and execution of (a series of processes or transactions) in a factory or business : dispatch documents or materials to appropriate destinations
 < route an invoice to the accounting department >
Synonyms: see send
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