central reservation
central reservation — 名詞
1. a long, narrow area of ground, grass, or paved surface that lies between the two
中央分隔帶
高速公路中間的隔離地帶
a long, narrow area of ground, grass, or paved surface that lies between the two carriageways of a divided highway, separating traffic going in opposite directions from each other
A deer jumped over the central reservation at junction 12, so Yuki braked hard.
一隻鹿在 junction 12 越過中央分隔帶，Yuki 只好緊急煞車。
collocation: jump over / cross the central reservation
The lorry crashed through the central reservation onto the other side of the motorway.
那輛卡車衝破中央分隔帶，翻落高速公路的另一側車道。
collocation: crash through the central reservation
Workers planted bushes along the central reservation to reduce motorway noise for nearby homes.
工人沿著中央分隔帶種植灌木，以減少高速公路對附近住宅的噪音。
Tariq pulled onto the hard shoulder after seeing smoke near the central reservation.
Tariq 看到中央分隔帶附近冒出煙霧後，將車停在路肩上。
A metal barrier on the central reservation stops cars from crossing into oncoming traffic.
中央分隔帶上的金屬護欄可防止車輛越線駛入對向車道。
The satnav told Lara to turn right, but she could not cross the central reservation.
導航告訴 Lara 要右轉，但她無法跨越中央分隔帶。
Dahlia saw a gap in the central reservation and made a legal U-turn.
Dahlia 看到中央分隔帶有一個缺口，便在那個位置合法迴轉。
- median strip
American English equivalent; 'central reservation' is British English
- median
shorter American English term; same meaning
- divide
used in Australian and New Zealand English; less common in British English
文法句型
the central reservation
用法筆記
This term is used mainly in the UK and in countries that follow British road terminology. In the US, the same feature is called a 'median strip' or 'median'.