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road

/rohd/US // roʊd //UK // (rəʊd) //

道路,道路上,道路上的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
    • : a way or course: the road to peace.
    • : a railroad.
    • : Often roads. Also called roadstead. Nautical. a partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor.
    • : Mining. any tunnel in a mine used for hauling.
    • : the road, the places, usually outside of New York City, at which theatrical companies on tour generally give performances.

Phrases

  • road hog
  • road show
  • road to hell is paved with good intentions, the
  • all roads lead to Rome
  • down the line (road)
  • end of the line (road)
  • get the show on the road
  • hit the road
  • one for the road
  • on the road

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounpath upon which travel occurs
Synonyms

Examples

  • We heard it everywhere across the country that many people took to the open roads thinking that they could speed, and speed significantly.

  • However, temperatures should fall below freezing not long after dark, creating some slick spots on untreated roads and walkways.

  • Temperatures are 31 to 33 degrees north of the Beltway, where you may encounter slick spots, especially on untreated roads.

  • Driving along the C&O Canal Scenic Byway makes for a great road trip.

  • At that point, temperatures may fall closer to freezing and snow accumulation may pick up, even on roads.

  • So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.

  • As he drove me back to the logging road, Frank told me about the area in his deep voice.

  • Shrubs and small trees dot a parched landscape along the road from Turbat to the border.

  • For many Republicans presidential hopefuls, the road to the nomination passes through the Hawkeye State.

  • All the roads into Iraqi Kurdistan and toward Baghdad are closed and now the road toward Syria is also blocked.

  • What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?

  • His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.

  • She set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.

  • The first rail road opened in Brazil, the emperor and empress being present at the inauguration.

  • The intricacies and abrupt turns in the road separated him from his immediate followers.