ring road

IPA/ˈrɪŋ rəʊd/
IPA/ˈrɪŋ rəʊd/

ring road — 名詞

1. a large road built in a loop around a town or city, so cars and trucks can drive

1.名詞B1
釋義

環城道路

繞城鎮外圍、讓車輛避開市中心的大馬路

a large road built in a loop around a town or city, so cars and trucks can drive past it instead of through the busy middle part.

例句

Ilan took the ring road to skip the slow traffic near the city centre.

Ilan 走環城道路，避開市中心附近的塞車。

take the ring road to avoid the centre

The new ring road around Esme's town opened to drivers last spring.

Esme 鎮上新的環城道路去年春天開放通車。

常見搭配
  • outer ring road
  • inner ring road
  • the M25 ring road
同義詞
  • bypass

    a road that goes around one town to avoid its centre, but usually not a full loop

  • beltway

    American English term for a ring road circling a whole city

用法筆記

Mainly British; the American English term for this kind of road is 'beltway' or 'loop'. Often paired with 'take', 'join', 'leave', or 'around'.

常見錯誤

We drove on the ring street to the airport.
We drove on the ring road to the airport.
it is always 'ring road', never 'ring street'.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • ring road junction
  • ring road traffic

常用片語

  • take the ring road
  • join the ring road
  • the outer ring road

介系詞搭配

  • around the ring road
  • on the ring road
  • off the ring road