核心畫面

One way to picture highway: the big road between towns, the one everything travels on. From that public road come a legal use (any road the public may use) and one fixed phrase about being charged far too much.

可以想成 highway 是城鎮之間那條大路,什麼車都走它。從這條公用的路,延伸出一個法律上的用法(任何民眾有權通行更多收起可以想成 highway 是城鎮之間那條大路,什麼車都走它。從這條公用的路,延伸出一個法律上的用法(任何民眾有權通行的道路),以及一個關於被削得太兇的固定說法。

From the picture

法律上的公共道路

同一條路,換成法律的眼光看:重點不再是它多寬,而是民眾在法律上有權通行。

legal public road · noun · B1

In law, any road that everyone has the right to travel on.

公共道路

固定說法:坑人

借的是舊時代攔路搶劫的畫面:價錢貴到像在路上被搶。

highway robbery · noun · B1

Used in the phrase 'highway robbery' to say that something costs far more money than it should.

敲竹槓;坑人

Also in this word

main road · noun · A2

A big main road built for travelling between one town or city and another.

公路;幹道

原始詞典資料17 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Highwayname

  • 1

    A number of places in England:

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    A number of places in England:

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    A number of places in England:

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    A number of places in England:

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    A number of places in the Philippines:

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    A number of places in the Philippines:

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    A number of places in the Philippines:

另外 3 個記錄的用法
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    A number of places in the Philippines:

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    A number of places in the Philippines:

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    A number of places in the Philippines:

highwaynoun/ˈhaɪweɪ/

  • 1

    A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.

    • The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
  • 2

    lawrail-transportrailwaysAny public road.

  • 3

    A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny.

    • You're on a highway to greatness.
    • I'm on the highway to hell
  • 4

    archaicA road that is major (more heavily traveled and thus more important than a byway), higher than the surrounding land, has drainage ditches at the sides, or has any combination of those traits.

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    computingengineeringmathematicsSynonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”).

highwayverb/ˈhaɪweɪ/

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    To travel on a highway

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。