I took the subway to midtown. No one on the subway seemed to mind how crowded it was. I've been on both the New York subway and the Underground in London.
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1 (NAmE) underground train system地下鐵路➡ see also undergroundADJECTIVE | VERB + SUBWAY | SUBWAY + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤crowded擁擠的地鐵VERB + SUBWAY➤ride, take, use坐地鐵;乘地鐵➤get on, hop on上地鐵;跳上地鐵➤get off下地鐵SUBWAY + NOUN➤car, train地鐵列車➤platform, tunnel地鐵站台/隧道➤station, stop地鐵站➤line, system地鐵線路/系統➤token地鐵代用幣➤map地鐵地圖➤ride乘地鐵◇Yankee Stadium is a 40-minute subway ride from our house.從我家到揚基體育場乘地鐵要 40 分鐘。➤rider地鐵乘客◇During the blackout, subway riders were stranded and unable to get home.斷電期間,地鐵乘客被困不能回家。PREPOSITION➤in the subway在地鐵裏◇rush hour in the subway地鐵高峰時間➤on the subway在地鐵上◇I've never been on the subway.我從來沒坐過地鐵。subway
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2 (BrE) path under a road地下通道ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤pedestrian地下人行道PREPOSITION➤along a/the subway, in a/the subway, through a/the subway沿着地下通道;在地下通道中;穿過地下通道◇He ran through the pedestrian subway.他跑過地下人行道。