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a hard surface built for vehicles to travel on 路；道路；公路 a main/major/minor road 公路干线；大路；支路 a country/mountain road 乡村道路；山路 Take the first road on the left and then follow the signs. 走左边的第一条路，然后循着路标走。 The house is on a very busy road. 房子位于一条交通非常繁忙的公路旁边。 - along/up/down the road
They live just down the road (= further on the same road). 他们就住在路的那一头。 He was walking along the road when he was attacked. 他正在路边散步，突然遭到袭击。 - by road
It takes about five hours by road (= driving). 开车大约要花五个小时。 It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road. 用铁路运送这批货物会比用公路好。 It's difficult to cross the road safely around here. 在这一带很难安全过马路。 road accidents/safety/users 公路交通事故／安全；道路使用者 There have been 34 road deaths this month. 本月已有34人死于交通事故。 India has worked hard to improve its road network. 印度努力改善其公路网。 The steep and winding little road was covered in mud. 陡峭蜿蜒的小路被泥泞覆盖。 With heavy road traffic, roads deteriorate rapidly. 由于道路交通拥挤，道路状况迅速恶化。 a 10-mile road race 10英里公路赛跑 a notoriously dangerous stretch of road 出了名的危险路段
Homophones road | rode | rowedroad rode rowedsee also access road, A-road, B-road, dirt road, link road, off-road, relief road, ring road, side road, slip road, toll roadWordfinderCulture roads and road signsroads and road signsThe US road system is the largest in the world, mainly because of the long distances between cities. The distance between Boston and San Francisco, for instance, is more than 3 000 miles/almost 5000 kilometres. The US began to build the interstate highway (= fast, long-distance road) system in 1956. After 50 years it had more than 46 000 miles/75 000 kilometres of road. The interstate system helped the country's economy a lot, but it also hurt the economies of many small towns not on an interstate. Interstates running north to south have odd numbers and those going from east to west have even numbers. They often have only two or three lanes (= marked sections for lines of traffic) in each direction through the countryside but may have many more each way through cities. Other major roads in the US are called superhighways, freeways, expressways, thruways or parkways. There are also many county and local roads, called arterial roads, feeder roads or farm roads. Some states have tollways or turnpikes, on which drivers must pay a toll (= sum of money).Interstate highways are marked with red, white and blue signs in the shape of a shield. Some state roads, like those in Louisiana and Texas, have signs that show the shape of the state. Since 1995 states have been able to set their own speed limits. This is usually between 65 amd 80 mph/105 and 128 kph on interstate roads but lower on other main roads.In Britain the fastest and most direct routes between major cities are by motorways, which usually have three lanes of traffic in each direction and a speed limit of 70 mph/112 kph. Each motorway is identified by the letter ‘M’ and a number. Main roads other than motorways are called A-roads and are numbered A6, A34, etc. Some A-roads are dual carriageways with two or more lanes each way. Most A-roads now follow a bypass round towns. Narrower roads which have only one lane in each direction are called B-roads. Most roads have white lines and Catseyes (= objects sunk into the ground that reflect a car's lights) down the middle. Only a very few roads have tolls but Britain's first toll motorway, the M6 Toll, opened in 2003 as an alternative to the heavily used M6 near Birmingham. Narrow country roads below B-road standard (called unclassified roads) may be known by the name of the place they go to, for example Orston Lane. Some country roads may be single track and only wide enough for one vehicle. In this case, there are passing places, where a vehicle can wait to let another through.In Britain the Highway Code describes the many signs placed next to roads. Round red signs give instructions that must by law be obeyed. These include ‘no entry’ signs and signs about speed limits. Red triangle-shaped signs give warnings about possible dangers ahead, for example children crossing the road. Direction signs to major towns are blue on motorways and green on other roads; signs to smaller places are white. Old-fashioned signposts can still be seen in some country areas.In the US red road signs, like ‘Stop’, must be obeyed. Signs that indicate danger, as in areas where rocks might fall, have a yellow diamond shape. Many other US road signs are now similar to those in Europe.In Britain there is pressure from both business and private road users for more and better roads, despite the damage to the environment and increase in pollution that this may cause. People who are against the building of new roads regularly challenge proposed routes of new motorways or bypasses. If they fail, environmentalists (= people who care a lot about the environment) may set up protest camps along the route of the new road. Recently, experts too have questioned whether it is a good idea to build more roads, saying it simply encourages greater use of cars. In the US there are few protests against road-building. People generally want more roads to make their journeys faster and more convenient.Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorrya1All main roads were passable with care. 所有的主路小心行驶都可通行。 Angry farmers blocked the road with their tractors. 愤怒的农民用拖拉机堵住了道路。 He was hit by a lorry as he pulled out into the main road. 他开车上大路的时候被一辆卡车撞了。 Huge eucalyptuses lined the road. 路两旁是高大的案树。 I must have driven the back roads for half an hour. 我沿着这条小道开了得有半小时。 I pulled off the road for a rest. 我把车驶向路边休息了一会。 It takes three hours by road. 开车去要花三个小时。 Let's leave when the roads are clear. 趁路上没人我们走吧。 Our road branches off to the left just past the wood. 我们这条路过了树林就岔到左边去了。 Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。 Road bumps/humps have been laid down to limit the speed of cars. 为了限制汽车的速度，道路上设置了突起/隆起。 Road tolls can make driving expensive. 道路通行费会使开车变得很昂贵。 Road tolls can make travelling by motorway fairly expensive. 因为要缴道路通行费，走高速公路还是很昂贵的。 She stepped out into the road without looking. 她看也不看就上了路。 Take the next road on the right. 走右面第二条路。 The airport's near here but there's no direct road. 飞机场就在附近，但是没有直接到的路。 The car left the road and slid to a halt. 车离开了公路，打滑停了下来。 The crowd eventually cleared the road. 众人最终将道路清理干净了。 The crowds lined the roads for his triumphal entry. 人们夹道欢迎他胜利入城。 The house across the road is for sale. 马路对面的房子出售。 The road ascends steeply from the harbour. 这条路从港口开始陡然升高。 The road crosses the river further up the valley. 这条路穿过小河到达山谷。 The road narrowed and turned into this dirt trail. 道路变窄，然后拐入这条土路。 The road runs parallel to the river. 这条路和这条河是平行的。 The road stretches off into the distance. 这条路一直延伸到远方。 The road twists and turns up the hillside. 道路弯弯曲曲地顺着山坡延伸而上。 The track joins the main road just south of the town. 小路在小镇的南面和大路相连。 There is still no road access to the island. 仍然没有路通向该岛。 There was a dog in the road so we stopped. 路上有条狗，因此我们停了下来。 There was a lot of traffic on the road this morning. 今天早上路上的车流量很大。 There's something lying on the road. 路上有个什么东西。 They cleared the roads of snow. 他们清扫了路上的积雪。 They live down the road from us. 他们住在我们这条路的那一端。 They stopped in a forest, leaving the main road. 他们驾车离开主路，在森林里停了下来。 Traffic clogs the roads. 车辆堵塞道路。 Turn left onto the coastal road. 向左拐上滨海路。 We came to a fork in the road. 我们来到了一个岔路口。 We took the wrong road and had to turn back. 我们走错了路，不得不返回来。 We'll be able to go faster once we're out on the open road. 一进入大道，我们就能走快些了。 Where does this road go? 这条路通到哪里？ a bumpy road through the forest 穿过森林的颠簸不平的路 loans for road construction and infrastructure development 用于发展公路建设和基础设施的贷款 on the road to Damascus 在去大马士革的路上 poor driving standards and lack of road manners 开车技术差且不懂驾车礼貌 the building of new roads 新路的铺设 the cost of road maintenance 道路维护的成本 the main road through the centre of town 穿过市中心的大道 the old dirt road to the village 通向村庄的老土路 the road connecting Irado and Calla Ayda 连接伊拉铎和卡拉阿伊达两地的公路 The road stretched out before them. 道路在他们面前延伸开去。 the surrounding road system 周边道路系统 A major road crosses the region. 一条主要道路穿过该地区。 A man's body was lying in the road. 路上躺着一具男尸。 Exhausted, he sat down at the side of the road. 他筋疲力尽，在路边坐下。 Go along the road until you reach an intersection. 沿着这条路走，直到你到达一个十字路口。 It would be better to go by road. 开车去会好些。 It's a quiet residential road. 这是一条安静的住宅区道路。 My mother lives down the road. 我母亲住在这条路前面不远处。 Now the roads are even more congested. 现在道路更加拥堵。 Road works on the Darlington to Durham road are causing delays. 达林顿至达勒姆公路的道路工程造成了延误。 She lives on a very busy road. 她住在交通非常繁忙的公路旁边。 The aim is to reduce the number of road accidents. 目的是减少道路交通事故。 The children learn about road safety. 孩子们学习道路安全知识。 The condition of the road surface is poor. 路面状况很差。 The main north-south road was closed because of flooding. 南北主干道因洪水而关闭。 Their road building program was abandoned because of lack of funds. 由于缺乏资金，他们的筑路计划被放弃了。 There was a cow sitting right in the middle of the road. 有一头牛正坐在路中间。 There's a shop just up the road. 就在这条路上有一家商店。 They followed the coastal road for about 50 miles. 他们沿着沿海公路走了大约50英里。 We drove along country roads. 我们沿着乡村道路行驶。 We took a narrow twisting road up into the mountains. 我们走了一条狭窄曲折的路进入山区。 The property is set back from the road. 这块地产离公路有一段距离。 Many trees are down and roads are impassable. 许多树倒下了，道路无法通行。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- wide
- narrow
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- follow
- go down
- take
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- go
- lead
- run
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- atlas
- map
- markings
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- across the road
- along the road
- by road
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- at the side of the road
- by the side of the road
- on the side of the road
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- Road(abbreviation Rd)
used in names of roads, especially in towns （用于道路名称，尤指城镇的）路 35 York Road 约克路 35 号 We live in/on Kingston Road. 我们住在金斯顿路。
More About roadsroads 路 Roads and streets 公路和街道 - In a town or city, street is the most general word for a road with houses and buildings on one or both sides:
在城镇，street 为最宽泛的用语，指街道： a street map of London. 伦敦街道图
street 不用以指城镇间的道路，而城镇里的街道常称作 Road： Oxford Street 牛津街 Mile End Road. 迈尔恩德路
- 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 British English, a narrow country road.
The high street 市镇商业大街 - High street is used in British English, especially as a name, for the main street of a town, where most shops, banks, etc. are:
the shoe shop in the High Street 高街的鞋店 high street shops. 市镇大街的商店
Larger roads 较宽大的公路 - British and American English use different words for the roads that connect towns and cities. Motorways, (for example, the M57) in British English, freeways, highways or interstates, (for example State Route 347, Interstate 94, the Long Island Expressway) in North American English, are large divided roads built for long-distance traffic to avoid towns.
- A ring road (British English)/an outer belt (North American English) is built around a city or town to reduce traffic in the centre. This can also be called a beltway in North American English, especially when it refers to the road around Washington D.C. A bypass passes around a town or city rather than through the centre.
Culture street namesstreet namesIn Britain, main roads outside towns and cities are known by numbers rather than names, although some roads that follow the line of former Roman roads have names, for example, the Fosse Way, which goes from Exeter in the southwest of England to Lincoln in the East Midlands. If a main road passes through a town, that part of it usually has a name, often that of the place which the road goes to, for example, London Road.The main shopping street in a town is often called High Street, or sometimes Market Street. Many streets take their name from a local feature or building. The most common include Bridge Street, Castle Street, Church Street, Mill Street and Station Road. Some names indicate the trade that was carried on in that area in the past. Examples are Candlemaker's Row, Cornmarket, Petticoat Lane and Sheep Street. Many streets laid out in the 19th century were named after famous people or events. These include Albert Street, Cromwell Road, Shakespeare Street, Wellington Street, Trafalgar Road and Waterloo Street. When housing estates are built, the names of the new roads in them are usually all on the same theme. Names of birds or animals are popular. Others are based on the old names for the fields that the houses were built on, for example Tenacres Road, The Slade and Meadow Walk. The name of a road is written on signs at each end of it.Some streets have become so closely identified with people of a particular profession that the street name itself is immediately associated with them. In London, Harley Street has been associated with private doctors and Fleet Street with newspapers.In the US main roads such as interstates and highways are known by numbers. Most towns and cities are laid out on a grid pattern and have long streets with avenues crossing them. Each has a number, for example, 7th Avenue, 42nd Street. The roads are often straight and have square blocks of buildings between them. This makes it easier to find an address and also helps people to judge distance. In Manhattan, for example, Tiffany's is described as being at East 57th Street and Fifth Avenue, which means it is on the corner of those two streets. The distance between West 90th Street and West 60th Street is 30 blocks.As well as having numbers, many streets are named after people, places, local features, history and nature. In Manhattan there is Washington Street, Lexington Avenue, Liberty Street, Church Street and Cedar Street. Some streets are named after the town to which they lead. Streets called Post Road are named because the mail used be delivered along that route. The most important street is often called Main Street. A suburb or subdivision (= group of houses built together in a section of a city) of a city may have streets with similar names. In a subdivision of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, all the names end in ‚wood‘, for example Balsawood Drive, Limewood Drive and Aspenwood Drive.Some roads are called boulevards, with Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard and Miami's Biscayne Boulevard among the best known. Avenues usually cross streets, as in New York, but often the word is chosen as part of a name for no particular reason. Avenue and boulevard once indicated roads with trees along each side, but few have trees today. A road in the US is usually found outside cities, though Chicago uses the name for some central streets.Some street names have particular associations: Grant Avenue in San Francisco is associated with Chinatown, Beale Street in Memphis with the blues, and Bourbon Street in New Orleans with jazz. In New York Wall Street is associated with the financial world, Madison Avenue with advertising and Broadway with theatres.Extra ExamplesTurn right into Harpes Road. 向右拐入哈普斯路。 We live in Pinsley Road. 我们住在平斯利路。
the way to achieving something 途径；方法；路子 - on the road to something
to be on the road to recovery 正在恢复之中 This first exhibition has set him on the road to success. 第一次展览使他走上了成功之路。 We have discussed privatization, but we would prefer not to go down that particular road. 我们已经讨论了私有化问题，但不想采用这种方法。
Extra ExamplesBringing up a handicapped child can be a long and hard road. 养大一个残疾儿童是件十分费时费力的事。 He walks a road filled with shadow and doubt. 他的人生路上充满了阴影和怀疑。 It does appear we are on the right road to success. 我们看来确实走上了成功之路。 It isn't going to be an easy road for him. 对他而言，这不会是一条轻松之路。 Kaufman has opted to travel the middle road. 考夫曼选择了中庸之道。 We would prefer not to go down that particular road. 我们不想采用那种方法。 The government's policy on education is a dead-end road. 政府的教育政策是行不通的。 They have travelled/traveled the long, lonely road of exclusion. 他们走过了漫长孤寂的受人排挤之路。 We have chosen the road of peace. 我们选择了和平之路。 to be on the road to recovery/success 在通往康复／成功的路上 I wished him luck in whatever road he decided to follow. 无论他决定走哪条路，我都祝他好运。 She set out on the road to stardom too early in life. 她过早地踏上了星途。 The economy is well on the road to recovery. 经济正稳步复苏。 There are several different roads to achieving career success. 获得职业成功有几种不同的途径。 They seem to be on the road to ruin. 他们好像走上了一条毁灭之路。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- wide
- narrow
- …
- follow
- go down
- take
- …
- go
- lead
- run
- …
- atlas
- map
- markings
- …
- across the road
- along the road
- by road
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- at the side of the road
- by the side of the road
- on the side of the road
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- on the road to something
Word OriginOld English rād ‘journey on horseback’, ‘foray’; of Germanic origin; related to the verb ride.
Idioms
(further) along/down the road | years down the road
any road
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anyway 道路： 反正
(reach) the end of the line/road
(to reach) the point at which something can no longer continue in the same way （达到）尽头，极限；穷途末路
get the show on the road
hit the road/trail
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to start a journey 出发；上路 The following spring I hit the road. 第二年春天我就上路了。
kick the can (down the road)
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to delay dealing with a problem 拖延处理问题；把难题往后推迟 This is another attempt to kick the can down the road and leave it to the next generation. 这又是试图把问题拖延，留给下一代人面对。
off the road
(of a car 汽车 not in good enough condition to be legally driven on public roads （状况良好）可行驶 My car's off the road at the moment. 我的车现在不在路上。
one for the road
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a last alcoholic drink before you leave a party, etc. 告辞前喝的最后一杯酒
on the road
travelling, especially for long distances or periods of time 在途中；（尤指）长途旅行中 The band has been on the road for six months. 那支乐队巡回演出已有六个月了。 I’ve been on the road since six this morning. 我从今天早上六点开始就在路上了。 We'd been on the road since dawn and needed a rest. 我们一大早就上了路，需要休息一下了。
(of a car 汽车 in good condition so that it can be legally driven （状况良好）可行驶 It will cost about £500 to get the car back on the road. 要花大约 500 英镑才能让车子重新上路。 My car is back on the road. 我的车又上路了。
moving from place to place, and having no permanent home 居无定所；漂泊
the road to hell is paved with good intentions
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it is not enough to intend to do good things; you must actually do them 黄泉路上徒有好意多；光说不练是不够的
where the rubber meets the road