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roadworks

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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road·works /ˈrəʊdwɜːks $ ˈroʊdwɜːrks/ noun [plural] British English  TTRrepairs that are being done to a road 道路施工 There were roadworks on the motorway. 高速公路上正在施工。
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roadworksAll roadworks in peak-traffic hours should be prohibited.A combination of rain, half-term and roadworks.It happened on a contra-flow system where there are roadworks.He likes them so much he even looks forward to being stuck at roadworks.I was driving in London recently and was sent crazy by roadworks and closed bridges at almost every turn.This section of the project was undertaken in advance of the lain roadworks contract.But work has already started on roadworks to create a mini-roundabout and piazza at the mid-section of Victoria Road.Another car drove off but ran into a ditch at the roadworks and another young man was arrested.
road·works nounChineseSyllable
that Corpus repairs being to a are road done


roadworks
roadworks /ˈrəʊdwɜːks $ ˈroʊdwɜːrks/ noun [plural] British English
repairs that are being done to a road:
    There were roadworks on the motorway.


road·worksBrE /ˈrəʊdwɜːks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈroʊdwɜːrks/ 🔊 noun [plural] (BrE) (NAmE road·work [uncountable] ) repairs that are being done to the road; an area where these repairs are being done 道路修补;修补中的路段

clamp, cone, contraflow, pedestrian, roadworks, speed hump, tailback, toll, traffic, zebra crossing