roads

1. 法国公路交通图（road map）标有连接、环绕和穿越各城镇的主要路线。
   A road map of France would show you the major routes between, around and through towns and cities.
   1. a street map of London
      伦敦街道图
   2. Oxford Street
      牛津街
   3. Mile End Road
      迈尔恩德路
2. 其他可用于街道名称的词有Circle、Court、Crescent、Drive、Hill和Way。avenue指宽阔的林荫道，lane指建筑物间的小巷、胡同，或在英国英语中指乡村小路。
   Other words used in the names of streets include: Circle , Court , Crescent , Drive , Hill and Way . Avenue suggests a wide street lined with trees. A lane is a narrow street between buildings or, in BrE , a narrow country road.
3. 在北美英语中，此义常用Main Street表示。
   In NAmE Main Street is often used as a name for this street.
   1. the record store in the High Street
      商业大街的唱片商店
   2. high street shops
      市镇大街的商店
4. 表示连接城镇的公路时，英国英语和美国英语的用词各异。motorway用于英国英语（如57高速路），freeway、highway或interstate用于北美英语（如347州道、94州际公路、长岛高速公路），它们均指城外分道行驶的长途高速公路。
   British and American English use different words for the roads that connect towns and cities. Motorways , (for example, the M57) in BrE , freeways , highways or interstates , (for example State Route 347, Interstate 94, the Long Island Expressway) in NAmE , are large divided roads built for long-distance traffic to avoid towns.
5. ring road（英国英语）/ outer belt（北美英语）指为减少市中心的交通流量修建的环城公路。在北美英语中亦可叫做beltway，不过该词通常指华盛顿市的环城公路。bypass指不穿越市中心，绕过城市的旁道。
   A ring road ( BrE ) / an outer belt ( NAmE ) is built around a city or town to reduce traffic in the centre. This can also be called a beltway in NAmE , especially when it refers to the road around Washington D.C. A bypass passes around a town or city rather than through the centre.

1. N-COUNT 路;道路;公路
   A road is a long piece of hard ground which is built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one place to the other.
   1. There was very little traffic on the roads...
      这些公路上车辆稀少。
   2. We just go straight up the Bristol Road...
      我们就沿着布里斯托尔大道直走。
   3. He was coming down the road the same time as the girl was turning into the lane...
      当女孩拐进这个车道时，他也正沿着这条路驶来。
   4. Buses carry 30 per cent of those travelling by road...
      公交车承载了公路交通客流量的30％。
   5. ...road accidents...
      道路交通事故
2. N-COUNT 途径;方法;过程
   The road to a particular result is the means of achieving it or the process of achieving it.
   1. We are bound to see some ups and downs along the road to recovery.
      在经济复苏的过程中，我们一定会经历一些曲折起伏。
3. PHRASE 出发;动身
   If you hit the road, you set out on a journey.
   1. I was relieved to get back in the car and hit the road again.
      回到车里重新上路后，我松了一口气。
4. PHRASE 在旅途中;在路上
   If you are on the road, you are going on a long journey or a series of journeys by road.
   1. He hoped to get a new truck and go back on the road.
      他希望能有一辆新的卡车，重新上路。
5. PHRASE 走向…;向…迈进;即将达到
   If you say that someone is on the road to something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it.
   1. The government took another step on the road to political reform.
      政府在实现政治改革的路上又迈进了一步。
   2. ...the stunning fashion pictures which launched unknown teenager Jane March on the road to stardom.
      让名不见经传的少女简·马奇走向成名之路的惊艳的时装照片
6. the end of the road → see: end

1. The roads are built to accommodate gradual temperature changes
   修建这些道路时考虑到了温度的逐渐变化。
2. There were no roads at all
   那儿根本没有公路。
3. Weeks of heavy rain have washed away roads and bridges.
   几周的大雨将道路和桥梁都冲垮了。
4. Truck drivers have blockaded roads to show their anger over new driving regulations
   卡车司机通过阻塞道路来表达他们对新机动车交通法规的不满。
5. The truck sways wildly, careening down narrow mountain roads.
   卡车疯狂地左摇右晃，从狭窄的山路上急冲而下。
6. Two three-lane roads will be carved through countryside.
   将要修建两条三车道的公路穿过乡间。
7. The small roads are chock-a-block with traffic.
   条条小路全挤满了车马行人。
8. The village's roads are choked with traffic
   村里的路上挤满了车辆行人。
9. The roads were cluttered with cars and vans.
   路上堵满了汽车和货车。
10. He commanded that roads be built to link castles across the land
    他下令修建连接各地城堡的道路。
11. He first promised two weeks ago to clear Britain's congested roads
    他在两周前首次承诺解决英国道路拥堵的问题。
12. Opposition demonstrators have erected barricades in roads leading to the parliament building
    反对派示威者已经在通往国会大厦的道路上设置了路障。
13. Many streams have flooded their banks, making some roads impassable.
    许多小河的水已经漫过堤岸，造成一些道路不能通行。
14. Troops would patrol major roads to ensure that traffic flows freely throughout the country.
    军队将在主要道路巡逻以确保全国的交通通畅。
15. Tanks are heavy on fuel and destructive to roads.
    坦克要耗费大量的燃料，而且会破坏道路。
16. Hundreds of departing motorists jammed the roads.
    数百名打算驾车离开的司机堵住了道路。
17. Roads were flooded or blocked by landslips.
    道路或被淹没，或被山体滑坡阻塞。
18. Public utilities dig up roads to lay pipes.
    公共事业公司挖路铺设管道。
19. Police and motoring organizations said the roads were slightly busier than normal.
    警方和一些汽车组织表示，这些公路比平常稍繁忙一些。
20. Damaged houses have been repaired, roads repaved and buildings retrofitted.
    受损的房子已经修好，公路重铺了，大楼也翻新了。
21. Entire villages have been washed away. Roads and bridges have been destroyed and crops ruined.
    这些村庄全部都被冲走了。道路和桥梁都被破坏了，农作物也全毁了。
22. I drove along sinuous mountain roads.
    我行驶在蜿蜒的山路上。
23. In Mid-Wales six inches of snow blocked roads
    在威尔士的中部地区，6英寸厚的大雪阻塞了道路。
24. Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places.
    禁止妓女在马路上和公共场所公然拉客。
25. About half of those funds has gone to repair public roads, structures and bridges
    那些基金中大约有一半已被用来维修公路、公共建筑物和桥梁。
26. Since the roads are very bad, the journey took us a long time
    由于路况很糟糕，我们路上花了很长时间。
27. Bombing had made roads and railways unusable.
    轰炸导致公路和铁路都无法通行。
28. We came by the fields, not by the roads.
    我们由田间而来，不是由大路而来。
29. The roads are crowded with vehicles of all kinds.
    马路上挤满了各种车辆。
30. Icy roads are a hidden danger to motorists.
    覆盖着冰的路面对驾驶汽车的人是个危险的隐患。

noun

1. a partly sheltered anchorage

   Synonym:    roadstead