thoroughfare
/ˈθʌrəfeə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [θˈɚofˌɛr] /ˈθɜːrəʊfer/ (ame, ipa) · [θˈɚofˌɛr] /ˈthər-ə-ˌfer How to pronounce thoroughfare (audio) ˈthə-rə-/ (ame, mw)
thoroughfare — noun
- thoroughfaresingular
- thoroughfaresplural
1. a road, street, or passage that people or vehicles regularly use to get through
a road, street, or passage that people or vehicles regularly use to get through an area.
Market Street is the main thoroughfare linking the station and the old harbour.
main thoroughfare
Delivery vans blocked the narrow thoroughfare behind the hotel all morning.
A covered thoroughfare runs through the shopping centre to the river walk.
The parade moved slowly along the city's busiest thoroughfare at noon.
文法句型
main/busy + thoroughfare
along/on + a/the thoroughfare
thoroughfare + through [place]
用法筆記
More formal than everyday words such as 'road' or 'street'. It often appears in news reports, city-planning writing, and official descriptions when the route is important because many people pass through it.
常見錯誤
2. words on a sign showing that a road or passage is closed from that side and you
words on a sign showing that a road or passage is closed from that side and you must not enter.
A red No Thoroughfare sign blocked the lane behind the theatre.
No Thoroughfare sign
We turned back when Mina saw the No Thoroughfare notice at the bridge.
The driver ignored the No Thoroughfare sign and ended up at a locked gate.
Visitors must use the side entrance because the front path is marked No Thoroughfare.
- no entry
the more common modern wording for the same instruction on a sign
文法句型
No Thoroughfare sign
be marked No Thoroughfare
用法筆記
Used as a fixed notice on signs, not as a normal everyday noun phrase. In modern English, many places more commonly use 'No Entry', but 'No Thoroughfare' is still seen on roads and passages.