freeway
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++free·way /ˈfriːweɪ/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable] American English TTRa very wide road in the US, built for fast travel 高速公路 → motorway, expressway, highway the Central Freeway 中央高速公路
Examples from the Corpus
freeway• H freeway retrofit and replacement, sources familiar with it said Monday.• Like traffic caught in rush hour, freeway construction moves glacially -- especially when well-organized locals try to spike it.• Gallegos said the expressway could be built by 2005 and later expanded into a six-lane freeway.• To the north lies freeway and its speeding traffic.• The more freeway access there is, the less San Franciscans have to share their streets with out-of-towners.• His city has pushed for the freeway for four decades, saying that its streets have been clogged by run-off traffic.• Rising all around are thick walls of rough-cut travertine, the slightly golden stone that dominates the view from the freeway.• Caltrans says it could begin work on the freeway renovation by 2000.• the Ventura Freewayfree·way nounChineseSyllable
a US, in the very road wide Corpus
freeway
free‧way S2 W3 /ˈfriːweɪ/
noun [countable] American English
a very wide road in the US, built for fast travel ⇨ motorway, expressway, highway:
the Central Freeway
■ types of road
▪road a hard surface for cars, buses etc to drive on: They're planning to build a new road. | My address is 42, Station Road.
▪street a road in a town, with houses or shops on each side: She lives on our street. | We walked along the streets of the old town. | Oxford Street is one of Europe's busiest shopping areas. | He was stopped by the police, driving the wrong way down a one-way street. | Turn left on Main Street (=the street in the middle of a town, where most of the shops are – used in American English). | These days the same shops are on every high street (=the street in the middle of a town, where most of the shops are – used in British English).
▪avenue a road in a town, often with trees on each side: the busy avenue in front of the cathedral | He lived on Park Avenue.
▪boulevard a wide road in a city or town – used especially in street names in the US, France etc. In the UK, streets are usually called avenue rather than boulevard: the world-famous Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.
▪lane a narrow road in the country: a winding country lane
▪cul-de-sac a short street which is closed at one end: The house is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in North Oxford.
▪track especially British English, dirt road American English a narrow road in the country, usually without a hard surface: The farm was down a bumpy track.
▪ring road British English a road that goes around a town: The airport is on the ring road.
▪bypass British English a road that goes past a town, allowing traffic to avoid the centre: The bypass would take heavy traffic out of the old city centre.
▪dual carriageway British English, divided highway American English a road with a barrier or strip of land in the middle that has lines of traffic travelling in each direction: I waited until we were on the dual carriageway before I overtook him.
▪freeway/expressway American English a very wide road in a city or between cities, on which cars can travel very fast without stopping: Take the Hollywood Freeway (101) south, exit at Vine Street and drive east on Franklin Avenue. | Over on the side of the expressway, he saw an enormous sedan, up against a stone wall.
▪motorway British English, highway American English a very wide road for travelling fast over long distances: The speed limit on the motorway is 70 miles an hour. | the Pacific Coast Highway
▪interstate American English a road for fast traffic that goes between states: The accident happened on Interstate 84, about 10 miles east of Hartford.
▪toll road a road that you pay to use: The government is planning to introduce toll roads, in an effort to cut traffic congestion.
▪turnpike American English a large road for fast traffic that you pay to use: He dropped her off at an entrance to the New Jersey Turnpike.
free‧way S2 W3 /ˈfriːweɪ/
noun [countable] American Englisha very wide road in the US, built for fast travel ⇨ motorway, expressway, highway:
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