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BNC: 4559 COCA: 30553

motorway

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motorway /ˈmoʊtɚˌweɪ/ noun
plural motorways
motorway
/ˈmoʊtɚˌweɪ/
noun
plural motorways
Learner's definition of MOTORWAY
[count] British
: a large highway : expressway高速公路
BNC: 4559 COCA: 30553

motorway

noun

mo·​tor·​way ˈmō-tər-ˌwā How to pronounce motorway (audio)
chiefly British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In recent days, thick clouds of smoke have towered over the area’s beaches and highways, prompting local authorities to close the A63 motorway linking Bordeaux with northern Spain. Karina Tsui, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 This applies to the whole of the motorway network, but especially on the roads going from the North to the South of the country, towards holiday destinations, and on the way out from the main urban centers. Irene Dominioni, Forbes, 31 July 2022 The official ceremony for the completion of the third portion of the six-mile motorway was held Dec. 30 of that year. Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022 Meanwhile my family and I packed our bags and headed to the coast -- a balmy 96F -- where traffic jams snaked back to the motorway and the ice cream trucks ran out of the sweet stuff by 10am. Rosa Prince, CNN, 20 July 2022 More than a dozen traps have already been installed outside of Rome’s Great Ring Junction, the orbital motorway encircling the city, with more to follow. Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 17 July 2022 While 84% of its sales came from airports last year, the share at Autogrill was 57%, with a hefty 36% coming from motorway services which becomes a new area of activity for Dufry. Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 11 July 2022 The manufacturers must come clean about extended motorway fast-lane cruising. Neil Winton, Forbes, 15 June 2022 The motorway is now the centre of day-to-day human life, following the world’s regression back to coal and oil. Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 6 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of motorway was in 1897
BNC: 4559 COCA: 30553
motorway

noun

(in the UK)  see also freeway ADJECTIVE | VERB + MOTORWAY | MOTORWAY + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEbusy繁忙的高速公路four-lane, three-lane, etc.四車道、三車道等高速公路orbital, urban外環/市區高速公路the M25 London orbital motorway倫敦外環 25 號高速公路VERB + MOTORWAYjoin開上高速路leave, turn off駛離高速路build建設高速公路MOTORWAY + NOUNdriving, traffic高速路駕車/交通network, system高速公路網/系統bridge, junction高速公路(立交)橋/匯合處service area, service station高速公路服務區/服務站crash, pile-up高速路車禍/連環撞車事故Five people have been killed in a motorway pile-up.在一起高速路連環撞車事故中有 5 人死亡。PREPOSITIONalong the motorway, down the motorway, up the motorway沿着高速公路;順着高速公路She was driving along the motorway.她正沿着高速路行駛。He sang as he rattled down the motorway.他唱着歌,沿着高速路哐啷哐啷地向前駛去。off the motorway下高速公路on the motorway, onto the motorway在高速公路上;上高速公路motorway from, motorway to離開⋯的/去往⋯的高速公路We were on the motorway to London.我們在去往倫敦的高速路上。

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