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A superhighway is a very wide road built for fast driving over long distances, with several lanes in each direction and no traffic lights. It is an American word, and even in America it now sounds a little grand or old-fashioned; the everyday words are 'freeway', 'expressway', or 'interstate'.
A superhighway is a very wide road built for fast driving over long distances一種為了長途快速行駛而建的非常寬的道路, with several lanes in each direction and no traffic lights每個方向都有好幾個車道，而且沒有紅綠燈。It is an American word這是一個美式用字, and even in America it now sounds a little grand or old-fashioned就算在美國，現在聽起來也有點誇張或老派; the everyday words are 'freeway', 'expressway', or 'interstate'日常用字是'freeway'、'expressway'，或'interstate'。
In Britain the same kind of road is a 'motorway', and in Taiwan we call it 高速公路. So this is a word you are more likely to read — especially in older writing, or writing that wants a big, sweeping tone — than to hear from a driver giving you directions.
In Britain在英國 the same kind of road is a 'motorway'同樣的道路叫'motorway', and in Taiwan we call it 高速公路而在台灣我們叫它高速公路。So this is a word you are more likely to read所以這個字你比較可能是在文章裡讀到 — especially in older writing, or writing that wants a big, sweeping tone尤其是比較舊的文章，或想營造宏大氣勢的文章 — than to hear from a driver giving you directions而不是聽開車的人跟你講路怎麼走的時候聽到。
There is one use that keeps it alive: 'the information superhighway', a 1990s name for the internet. That phrase was everywhere for a few years and now sounds distinctly dated, so if you meet it in a text, it is a clue about when the text was written, and it may well be used with a smile.
There is one use that keeps it alive有一個用法讓這個字還活著： 'the information superhighway'就是'the information superhighway'（資訊高速公路）, a 1990s name for the internet是1990年代對網際網路的稱呼。That phrase was everywhere for a few years這個說法紅了好幾年, and now sounds distinctly dated現在聽起來明顯過時, so if you meet it in a text所以如果你在文章裡看到它, it is a clue about when the text was written這是文章寫作年代的一個線索, and it may well be used with a smile而且很可能是帶著一點微笑用的。
組成super- + highway. Super- from Latin super, 'above, beyond', here meaning 'on a bigger scale than the ordinary'. Highway is old English roadbuilding vocabulary — 'high' in the sense of a main or important road, plus 'way'.
同家族的字
- highwaythe base word — the main road this one is a bigger version of
- supermarketsame super- prefix, a bigger version of the ordinary kind
原始詞典資料3 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。
superhighwaynoun
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An expressway, especially one designed for high speeds.
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A major route that carries most of the traffic going in a given direction by a specified mode of transportation.
- We cannot and should not be rebuilding old "two lane" sections of the air transport system with segments having "eight lane superhighway" capacity without knowing the full economic, safety, and environmental impacts of the entire air traffic superhighway.
- By 1400, however, Western Europeans had developed their own versions of oceangoing ships, and these transformed the much narrower Atlantic Ocean from a barrier into a superhighway.
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The primary mechanism used in the movement of electronic data or information; information superhighway.
- In the discussion about the pros and cons of the electronic superhighway, people often refer to the Internet.
- How should we reinterpret the universal service obligation for the superhighway? It is clear that price is already a barrier to access to the basic telephone service.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。