motorway
motorway — 名詞
1. a wide road built for cars, buses, and trucks to travel at high speed over long
高速公路
英國專指供車輛高速行駛的寬闊道路
a wide road built for cars, buses, and trucks to travel at high speed over long distances, especially in Britain and Ireland. Motorways have several lanes going each way so that traffic can keep moving, and drivers can only get on or off the road at special places called junctions.
Priya drove for three hours on the M6 motorway from Birmingham to Manchester.
Priya 在 M6 高速公路上開了三個小時，從伯明罕到曼徹斯特。
concrete UK motorway reference with route and city names
The accident closed the motorway for four hours between junctions 14 and 15.
那場車禍導致第 14 號與第 15 號交流道之間的高速公路封閉了四小時。
collocation: close the motorway; junction numbering
Motorway service stations along the M1 provide fuel, hot food, and toilets for drivers.
M1 高速公路的服務區為駕駛人提供加油、熱食和洗手間。
During the morning rush hour, traffic on the M25 motorway crawled at just thirty kilometres per hour.
早尖峰時段，M25 高速公路上的車流時速只有三十公里，寸步難行。
A new motorway linking Cardiff to Swansea is expected to open next spring.
一條連接卡地夫與斯旺西的新高速公路預計明年春天通車。
- highway
more general term; in US English, the common word for any main road, including motorway-style roads
- freeway
US term for a wide, fast road with no traffic lights or intersections
- expressway
US term for a high-speed road, sometimes with fewer access restrictions than a motorway
- B-road
a narrow secondary road in Britain that connects smaller towns and villages, with much lower speed limits
用法筆記
This word is mainly used in British English. In the United States, roads of this type are called highways, freeways, or interstates. Motorway junctions are numbered, and service stations are placed at regular intervals along the route.