roads

英 [rəʊdz]

美 [roʊdz]

n.  路; 道路; 公路; (用于道路名称，尤指城镇的)路; 途径; 方法; 路子
road的复数

牛津词典

• 法国公路交通图（road map）标有连接、环绕和穿越各城镇的主要路线。
  A road map of France would show you the major routes between, around and through towns and cities.
  1. a street map of London
     伦敦街道图
  2. Oxford Street
     牛津街
  3. Mile End Road
     迈尔恩德路
• 其他可用于街道名称的词有Circle、Court、Crescent、Drive、Hill和Way。avenue指宽阔的林荫道，lane指建筑物间的小巷、胡同，或在英国英语中指乡村小路。
  Other words used in the names of streets include: Circle , Court , Crescent , Drive , Hill and Way . Avenue suggests a wide street lined with trees. A lane is a narrow street between buildings or, in BrE , a narrow country road.
• 在北美英语中，此义常用Main Street表示。
  In NAmE Main Street is often used as a name for this street.
  1. the record store in the High Street
     商业大街的唱片商店
  2. high street shops
     市镇大街的商店
• 表示连接城镇的公路时，英国英语和美国英语的用词各异。motorway用于英国英语（如57高速路），freeway、highway或interstate用于北美英语（如347州道、94州际公路、长岛高速公路），它们均指城外分道行驶的长途高速公路。
  British and American English use different words for the roads that connect towns and cities. Motorways , (for example, the M57) in BrE , freeways , highways or interstates , (for example State Route 347, Interstate 94, the Long Island Expressway) in NAmE , are large divided roads built for long-distance traffic to avoid towns.
• ring road（英国英语）/ outer belt（北美英语）指为减少市中心的交通流量修建的环城公路。在北美英语中亦可叫做beltway，不过该词通常指华盛顿市的环城公路。bypass指不穿越市中心，绕过城市的旁道。
  A ring road ( BrE ) / an outer belt ( NAmE ) is built around a city or town to reduce traffic in the centre. This can also be called a beltway in NAmE , especially when it refers to the road around Washington D.C. A bypass passes around a town or city rather than through the centre.

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 路;道路;公路
  Aroadis a long piece of hard ground which is built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one place to the other.
  1. There was very little traffic on the roads...
     这些公路上车辆稀少。
  2. We just go straight up the Bristol Road...
     我们就沿着布里斯托尔大道直走。
  3. He was coming down the road the same time as the girl was turning into the lane...
     当女孩拐进这个车道时，他也正沿着这条路驶来。
  4. Buses carry 30 per cent of those travelling by road...
     公交车承载了公路交通客流量的30％。
  5. ...road accidents...
     道路交通事故
• N-COUNT 途径;方法;过程
  Theroad toa particular result is the means of achieving it or the process of achieving it.
  1. We are bound to see some ups and downs along the road to recovery.
     在经济复苏的过程中，我们一定会经历一些曲折起伏。
• PHRASE 出发;动身
  If youhit the road, you set out on a journey.
  1. I was relieved to get back in the car and hit the road again.
     回到车里重新上路后，我松了一口气。
• PHRASE 在旅途中;在路上
  If you areon the road, you are going on a long journey or a series of journeys by road.
  1. He hoped to get a new truck and go back on the road.
     他希望能有一辆新的卡车，重新上路。
• PHRASE 走向…;向…迈进;即将达到
  If you say that someone ison the road tosomething, you mean that they are likely to achieve it.
  1. The government took another step on the road to political reform.
     政府在实现政治改革的路上又迈进了一步。
  2. ...the stunning fashion pictures which launched unknown teenager Jane March on the road to stardom.
     让名不见经传的少女简·马奇走向成名之路的惊艳的时装照片
• the end of the road→ see:end

英英释义

noun

• a partly sheltered anchorage
  Synonym:roadstead

双语例句

• Two three-lane roads will be carved through countryside.
  将要修建两条三车道的公路穿过乡间。
• Troops would patrol major roads to ensure that traffic flows freely throughout the country.
  军队将在主要道路巡逻以确保全国的交通通畅。
• We came by the fields, not by the roads.
  我们由田间而来，不是由大路而来。
• Entire villages have been washed away. Roads and bridges have been destroyed and crops ruined.
  这些村庄全部都被冲走了。道路和桥梁都被破坏了，农作物也全毁了。
• In Mid-Wales six inches of snow blocked roads
  在威尔士的中部地区，6英寸厚的大雪阻塞了道路。
• Icy roads are a hidden danger to motorists.
  覆盖着冰的路面对驾驶汽车的人是个危险的隐患。
• Since the roads are very bad, the journey took us a long time
  由于路况很糟糕，我们路上花了很长时间。
• Many streams have flooded their banks, making some roads impassable.
  许多小河的水已经漫过堤岸，造成一些道路不能通行。
• Opposition demonstrators have erected barricades in roads leading to the parliament building
  反对派示威者已经在通往国会大厦的道路上设置了路障。
• The roads were cluttered with cars and vans.
  路上堵满了汽车和货车。