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freeway

noun
🔊/ˈfriːweɪ/
🔊/ˈfriːweɪ/
(also expressway)
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  1. (in the US) a wide road where traffic can travel fast for long distances. You can only enter and leave freeways at special ramps.（美国）高速公路
    • a freeway exit高速公路出口
    • an accident on the freeway高速公路事故
    Extra Examples
    • We were driving down the freeway.我们正沿着高速公路行驶。
    • I began to feel nervous as I approached the city on the freeway.我在高速公路上驶向城市时开始感到紧张。
    • It's one of the busiest stretches of freeway in the county.这是这个县最繁忙的高速路段之一。
    • We drove home along miles of empty freeway.我们沿着空旷的高速公路开车回家。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • major
    • six-lane
    • eight-lane
    • …
    verb + freeway
    • get on
    • get off
    • pull off
    • …
    freeway + noun
    • exit
    • overpass
    • chase
    • …
    preposition
    • along a/​the freeway
    • down a/​the freeway
    • on a/​the freeway
    • …
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