subway

Word family  noun way subway adjective midway adverb midway way

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sub·way /ˈsʌbweɪ/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  American EnglishTTT a railway system that runs under the ground below a big city 地下铁道，地铁 SYN British English underground the New York City subway 纽约市的地铁 a crowded subway station 拥挤的地铁站 Boston has the oldest subway system in the US. 波士顿拥有美国最老的地铁运输系统。2. TTR British English a path for people to walk under a road or railway 〔公路或铁路下的〕地下通道，地下人行道 SYN underpassn THESAURUSthe subway American English the railway system that runs under the ground below a big city. British people use the underground when talking about the railway system in London, and many systems outside the USthe New York subwayWe got on the next subway train.the underground British English the railway system that runs under the ground below a big citythe London undergroundan underground mapIt’s quickest to travel by underground.the tube British English informal the railway system that runs under LondonWe took the tube to Trafalgar Square.a crowded tube trainthe metro used especially to talk about the railway system that runs under Paris. Also used about some other city’s systems, for example Moscow, Washington DC and Newcastlethe Paris MetroMoscow’s metro stations

Examples from the Corpus

subway• The vision of unity I saw on that subway begins here to extend beyond humanity to the whole natural world.• I legged it over to Broadway and caught the subway.• If he remembered our meeting in the subway or my relationship to my aunt, very correctly, he gave no sign.• One of my Hope patients was married to one of the subway workmen.• The renewal of the subway station, for example, presented a series of problems only hinted at here.• I wish I could work out how to use the subway.• Mira Sorvino stars in this dim-witted, dimly lit monster flick about gigantic cockroaches living in the New York subway system.subway system• Near the window, he put up a framed map of the New York City subway system.• The map of the New York City subway system was pinned to the wall above his bed.• The Metro subway system was operating only a limited schedule of trains, on portions of its system that are underground.• Mitchell visualized a hormonal flow chart that resembled a metropolitan subway system, all lines headed for the downtown station.• Rumours circulate of bombs in New York's subway system, and the poisoning of water wells.• The only reliable mode of mass transportation was the subway system.• Mira Sorvino stars in this dim-witted, dimly lit monster flick about gigantic cockroaches living in the New York subway system.

sub·way noun →n THESAURUS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

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subway
sub‧way /ˈsʌbweɪ/ noun [countable]1. American English a railway system that runs under the ground below a big city
   SYN  underground British English:
    the New York City subway
    a crowded subway station
    Boston has the oldest subway system in the US.
2. British English a path for people to walk under a road or railway
   SYN  underpass
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ the subway American English the railway system that runs under the ground below a big city. British people use the underground when talking about the railway system in London, and many systems outside the US: the New York subway | We got on the next subway train.
   ▪ the underground British English the railway system that runs under the ground below a big city: the London underground | an underground map | It’s quickest to travel by underground.
   ▪ the tube British English informal the railway system that runs under London: We took the tube to Trafalgar Square. | a crowded tube train
   ▪ the metro used especially to talk about the railway system that runs under Paris. Also used about some other city's systems, for example Moscow, Washington DC and Newcastle: the Paris Metro | Moscow’s metro stations

sub·wayBrE /ˈsʌbweɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌbweɪ/ 🔊 noun

(NAmE) an underground railway/railroad system in a city 地铁；地铁交通◆the New York subway纽约地铁◆a subway station/train 地铁站／列车◆a downtown subway stop闹市区的地铁站◆to ride/take the subway 乘地铁

• A city's underground railway/railroad system is usually called the underground (often the Underground) in BrE and the subway in NAmE. Speakers of BrE also use subway for systems in American cities and metro for systems in other European countries. The Metro is the name for the systems in Paris and Washington, D.C. London's system is often called the Tube. 城市的地铁系统在英式英语中通常称为 underground（常作 the Underground），在美式英语中为 subway。说英式英语的人指美国城市的地铁亦用 subway，而指其他欧洲国家的地铁则用 metro。the Metro 为巴黎和华盛顿市的地铁名称；伦敦的地铁通常称作 the Tube。

(BrE) a path that goes under a road, etc. which people can use to cross to the other side （穿越马路等的）地下人行道 SYN underpass