- (North American English)
an underground railway system in a city 地铁;地铁交通 the New York subway 纽约地铁 a subway station/train 地铁站/列车 a downtown subway stop 闹市区的地铁站 to ride/take the subway 乘地铁 In Boston the subway is known as the ‘T’; in Washington DC it’s the‘Metro’. 在波士顿,地铁被称为“T”;在华盛顿州的DC,这是“地铁”。
British/American underground / subway / metro / tubeunderground / subway / metro / tube- A city’s underground railway system is usually called the underground (often the Underground) in British English and the subway in North American English. Speakers of British English also use subway for systems in American cities and metro for systems in other European countries. The Metro is the name for the systems in Paris and Washington, D.C. London’s system is often called the Tube.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and traina2I've never been on the subway. 我从来没坐过地铁。 Yankee Stadium is a 40-minute subway ride from our house. 从我家到扬基体育场乘地铁要 40 分钟。 rush hour in the subway 地铁高峰时间
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- crowded
- ride
- take
- use
- …
- car
- train
- platform
- …
- in the subway
- on the subway
- (British English)
a path that goes under a road, etc. which people can use to cross to the other side (穿越马路等的)地下人行道 He ran through the pedestrian subway. 他跑过地下人行道。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pedestrian
- along a/the subway
- in a/the subway
- through a/the subway
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