(especially NAmE) ADJECTIVE | VERB + HIGHWAY | HIGHWAY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤wide寬闊的公路▸➤three-lane, two-lane, etc. * 3 車道、2 車道等的公路◇a four-lane highway4 車道的公路➤divided (NAmE) 分車道雙向公路➤elevated高架公路➤toll (NAmE) 收費公路▸➤public (formalinBrE) 公路◇He was fined for obstructing the public highway. (BrE) 他因堵塞公路而被罰款。➤federal聯邦公路▸➤interstate, main, major, national州際公路;幹線公路;主要公路;國道➤county, provincial, rural縣道;省道;鄉村公路▸➤coastal, desert, mountain濱海大道;沙漠公路;山區公路▸➤east-west, north-south東西走向的/南北走向的公路➤deserted, empty, lonely荒涼的/空曠的/偏僻的公路➤busy繁忙的公路➤information (figurative) 信息高速公路◇I'm still learning how to navigate the information highway.我仍在學習如何暢行信息高速公路。VERB + HIGHWAY➤drive, travel, use在公路上駕駛;在公路上旅行;使用公路◇I used to travel that highway with my family.我以前常和家人一起沿那條公路出行。➤take走某條公路◇He took highway 314 heading north.他沿 314 公路向北行駛。➤hit, reach到達某公路◇Once you hit the highway, the only services are at Eagle Plains.一旦你上了這條公路,只有到了伊格爾平原那裏才有服務區。➤leave, pull off離開公路;把車停到公路邊◇We pulled off the highway and stopped for a break.我們把車停到公路邊稍作休息。➤block, clog, obstruct封鎖公路;阻塞公路➤close關閉公路➤build修公路➤maintain保養公路HIGHWAY + NOUN➤traffic公路交通➤bridge, exit, interchange, overpass, sign公路橋;公路出口;立交橋;高架道路;公路標誌➤rest area, rest stop (both NAmE) 公路休息處/休息站➤infrastructure, network, system公路基礎設施;公路網;公路系統➤construction, improvement, maintenance公路建設/改善/保養➤regulation公路規定➤authority, department公路管理局/管理處➤boss, chief, official負責公路事務的上司/領導/官員➤robber, robbery路匪;攔路搶劫➤contractor, engineer, officer, patrolman (NAmE) 公路承包商/工程師/警察/巡警➤patrol (NAmE) 公路巡邏➤safety公路安全➤speed公路車速◇A blowout at highway speeds can be dangerous.以高速公路的時速行駛時爆胎會很危險。➤accident公路事故PREPOSITION➤along the highway, down the highway, up the highway沿着公路;駛上公路◇They tore along the highway.他們沿着公路疾駛。➤off the highway駛離公路➤on the highway, onto the highway在公路上;到公路上PHRASES➤highways and byways高速公路和偏遠小路◇He travels the highways and byways of Texas.他來往於得克薩斯州的大路小路上。