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dual carriageway

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌdual ˈcarriageway ●○○ noun [countable]  TTR British English a main road that has two lines of traffic travelling in each direction, with a narrow part between them that has no traffic 〔有中央分隔带的〕双向公路,对向车道 single carriageway SYN American English divided highway
Examples from the Corpus
dual carriagewayEvery major road out of the centre had its tramway running up the centre of a dual carriageway.While all that agitation was going on a dual carriageway had been built between Aberdeen and Stonehaven.The accident happened on a busy dual carriageway when the transporter hit a grass verge and landed on top of one of the cars.Another hour had taken him to a five-mile strip of dual carriageway cut through downland.An orderly life on either side of the dual carriageway, the illusion of an orderly life.And he was just crossing over the dual carriageway to reach the northbound lane when the StatusQuo tour bus ran over him.This prime site is adjacent to the dual carriageway at the main entrance to the port.He drove a wide circle out of the car park towards the slip-road that would take him back to the dual carriageway.
ˌdual ˈcarriageway nounChineseSyllable
main that has Corpus lines a of road two


dual carriageway
ˌdual ˈcarriageway noun [countable]
British English a main road that has two lines of traffic travelling in each direction, with a narrow part between them that has no traffic ⇨ single carriageway
   SYN  divided highway American English


dual carriagewayBrE /ˌdjuːəl ˈkærɪdʒweɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌduːəl ˈkærɪdʒweɪ/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE diˌvided ˈhighway) nouna road with a strip of land in the middle that divides the lines of traffic moving in opposite directions (中央有分隔带的)双幅车行道,双向车道