freeway

/ˈfriːweɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfriːweɪ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfrē-ˌwā/ (ame, mw)

freeway — noun

  • freewaysingular
  • freewaysplural

1. a very wide road in the US that is built for driving at high speeds, with specia

1.名詞B1
釋義

a very wide road in the US that is built for driving at high speeds, with special entrance and exit ramps and no traffic lights or intersections

例句

Selim took the freeway to work this morning to avoid city traffic.

collocation: take the freeway

The freeway was closed for three hours after a truck overturned near the airport.

passive: freeway was closed

同義詞
  • highway

    broader term covering any main public road, may have traffic lights and intersections

  • expressway

    similar to a freeway but may include some at-grade intersections

  • motorway

    British English equivalent; always a controlled-access road

  • interstate

    part of the US Interstate Highway System; always a freeway but specifically federal

用法筆記

In the UK and other Commonwealth countries, the equivalent road is called a motorway. The word freeway is used mainly in the western and southwestern United States; in other US regions, highway or expressway may be more common.

常見錯誤

❌Take the highway to get there faster — it has no traffic lights.
✅Take the freeway to get there faster
💡it has no traffic lights.' — A highway can have traffic lights and intersections; a freeway cannot.
❌We drove on the freeway from London to Manchester.
✅We drove on the motorway from London to Manchester.
💡Freeway is American English; in the UK use motorway.