underpass
/ˈʌndəpɑːs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈʌndərpæs/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈən-dər-ˌpas/ (ame, mw)
underpass — 名詞
- underpasssingular
- underpassesplural
1. a short tunnel built so that walkers or cars can pass beneath a road, railway, o
地下道
穿越馬路或鐵軌下方的短隧道
a short tunnel built so that walkers or cars can pass beneath a road, railway, or other barrier and reach the opposite side safely.
Nikhil cycled through the underpass to reach the train station faster.
Nikhil 騎腳踏車穿過地下道，比較快到火車站。
through the underpass — typical motion preposition
The city built a new pedestrian underpass beneath the busy motorway last spring.
市政府去年春天在繁忙的高速公路下方蓋了一條新的行人地下道。
pedestrian underpass — common compound noun
Piotr met his sister near the underpass that runs under Main Street.
Piotr 和妹妹約在通往 Main Street 底下的那條地下道附近見面。
Heavy rain flooded the underpass and forced drivers to take a different route.
大雨淹沒了地下道，駕駛只好改走別條路。
A street artist had painted bright murals along the walls of the underpass.
一位街頭藝術家在地下道的牆面畫上了鮮豔的壁畫。
- 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
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).