underpass

/ˈʌndəpɑːs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈʌndərpæs/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈən-dər-ˌpas/ (ame, mw)

underpass — noun

  • underpasssingular
  • underpassesplural

1. a short tunnel built so that walkers or cars can pass beneath a road, railway, o

1.名詞B2
釋義

a short tunnel built so that walkers or cars can pass beneath a road, railway, or other barrier and reach the opposite side safely.

例句

Nikhil cycled through the underpass to reach the train station faster.

through the underpass — typical motion preposition

The city built a new pedestrian underpass beneath the busy motorway last spring.

pedestrian underpass — common compound noun

同義詞
  • subway

    British English for a pedestrian underpass; not used this way in American English

  • underground passage

    more general; covers tunnels not built under a specific road

  • tunnel

    broader term; an underpass is a short tunnel under a road or railway

反義詞
  • overpass

    the bridge or road that crosses above, rather than below

  • flyover

    British English equivalent of overpass

用法筆記

Frequently modified by 'pedestrian' or 'highway' to specify who uses it; contrast with 'overpass' (the road that goes above) and 'subway' (in British English, an underground walkway).

常見錯誤

❌I walked over the underpass to the park.
✅I walked through the underpass to the park.
💡you go through an underpass, not over it; 'over' describes an overpass.