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shunpike

/shuhn-pahyk/US // ˈʃʌnˌpaɪk //

顺风车,顺风球,顺风耳,岑溪

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    shun·piked, shun·pik·ing.

    • : to drive on a shunpike.

Examples

  • But since Captain Asher had lived at the toll-gate it was remarked that the shunpike was not used as much as in former times.

  • She seemed to have something on her mind, and presently she proposed to Mr. Morris that he should take the shunpike for a change.

  • He did not for a moment think she might return by the shunpike, for that was a rough road, not fit for a bicycle.

  • He wandered about so long and asked so many questions that it was getting dark when he suddenly thought of the shunpike.

  • Hurrying to a livery-stable, he hired a horse and buggy and a lantern, and drove to the shunpike.