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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

beltway

/belt-wey/US // ˈbɛltˌweɪ //UK // (ˈbɛltˌweɪ) //

环形公路,环城公路,环形道,环城路

Related Words

thoroughfare大道,通途,通路,通行道highway公路,高速公路,高速路,公路上superhighway超级公路,超级高速公路,超级大通道,超级大路artery动脉,动脉图,动脉瘤,动脉的road道路,道路上,道路上的interstate州际,州际之间,州际间,州间thruway通行道,通路,通途,通行公路parkway公园路,公园大道,园路,园区

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called belt highway. a highway around the perimeter of an urban area.
    • : the Beltway, the Washington, D.C., area within the highway that encircles it.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as infreeway
Synonyms
artery动脉,动脉图,动脉瘤,动脉的highway公路,高速公路,高速路,公路上interstate州际,州际之间,州际间,州间road道路,道路上,道路上的superhighway超级公路,超级高速公路,超级大通道,超级大路thoroughfare大道,通途,通路,通行道parkway公园路,公园大道,园路,园区thruway通行道,通路,通途,通行公路

Examples

  • The Equality Act isn’t beltway politics, it’s about ensuring that LGBTQ children can grow up in a society that values them and affords them the protections they deserve.

  • At its worst, The Stranger merely recycles the biases, conventional wisdom, and cynical bitterness of inside-the-beltway habitués.

  • It was just something they knew they had to say for a while to sound responsible in Beltway land.

  • After all, Beltway elites—and many voters—are under the impression that the Republican Party is still nostalgic for the Cold War.

  • Then presidential politicking transformed the Benghazi tragedy into an inside-the-Beltway circus.

  • But travel outside the Beltway, and the conversation about impeachment is far from abstract.

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