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an underground railway system in a city 地鐵;地鐵交通 the New York subway 紐約地鐵 a subway station/train 地鐵站/列車 a downtown subway stop 鬧市區的地鐵站 to ride/take the subway 乘地鐵 In Boston the subway is known as the ‘T’; in Washington DC it’s the‘Metro’. 在波士頓,地鐵被稱爲“T”;在華盛頓州的DC,這是“地鐵”。
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. 我從來沒坐過地鐵。 Yankee Stadium is a 40-minute subway ride from our house. 從我家到揚基體育場乘地鐵要 40 分鐘。 rush hour in the subway 地鐵高峰時間
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- crowded
- ride
- take
- use
- …
- car
- train
- platform
- …
- in the subway
- on the subway
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a path that goes under a road, etc. which people can use to cross to the other side (穿越馬路等的)地下人行道 He ran through the pedestrian subway. 他跑過地下人行道。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pedestrian
- along a/the subway
- in a/the subway
- through a/the subway
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