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highway

/hahy-wey/US // ˈhaɪˌweɪ //UK // (ˈhaɪˌweɪ) //

公路,高速公路,高速路,公路上

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a main road, especially one between towns or cities: the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.
    • : any public road or waterway.
    • : any main or ordinary route, track, or course.

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Examples

  • Because of protests in Virginia last year, Hanley said, state police pulled law enforcement resources away from highway safety initiatives to focus mostly on targeting the most dangerous behaviors.

  • You get more cushioning while driving down apot-hole-laden road with groceries in the trunk, and a stiffer ride when you’re cruising down the highway and want maximum performance.

  • De-icing salts have contributed to bridge failures and cause cracking and other forms of weathering in highway surfaces.

  • There were no immediate reports of any serious crashes on major highways in the area.

  • As expected, the highways look like they are in good shape, but secondary and side roads are snow-covered or getting that way.

  • It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.

  • Cruce operates the Iron Hill Campground on the other side of the highway.

  • Hundreds of cops saluting as the bodies were rolled out with a full escort by highway patrol.

  • Last week members helped shut down the West Side Highway, a major roadway in New York.

  • Highway safety flares provided light as the clans joined by loss sought solace in prayer and song.

  • An automobilist must exercise reasonable or ordinary care to avoid injury to other persons using the highway.

  • This rule however does not apply to travelers walking along a rural highway.

  • He must keep a reasonably careful lookout for other travelers in order to avoid collision; also for defects in the highway.

  • A big touring car stood in the narrow lane, headed toward the broad highway from which Jessie and Amy had come.

  • Go not out into the fields, nor walk in the highway: for the sword of the enemy, and fear is on every side.