turnpike

Word family adjectiveturnednounturnerturneryturningturnaboutturnagainturnbackturnbroachturnbuckleturncoatturncockturning circleturning pointturnkeyturnoffturnoutturnoverturnpiketurnroundturnskinturnspitturnstileturnstoneturntableturntablistverbturn

Related topics: Roads

turn·pike /ˈtɜːnpaɪk $ ˈtɜːrn-/ noun [countableC]

American EnglishAmETTR a large road for fast traffic that drivers have to pay to use 〔需要付费的〕高速公路

the New Jersey Turnpike

新泽西付费高速公路

Examples from the Corpus

turnpike• An act of that year ordered all turnpike trusts to provide guide-posts and milestones on their roads.• That afternoon he set out walking to Harrisburg, where his father was working as a laborer on a new turnpike.• Weld, I thank them for all those nice turnpike tolls.• Hesperus is a lighthouse, Mars An air-force base; molecular cars Arrowing the turnpikes become Lost meteorites in search of home.• The contribution of the turnpikes must be measured not against the prescriptions of later ages but against the possibilities of their own.• Those who lent to the turnpike trusts were even more localised than those who bought canal stock.• With Ramsay and many others he ran on, up the turnpike.• Since the opening of the Torpoint turnpike, around 1820, it has been Sheviock that now stands on the main thoroughfare.

Origin turnpike

(1700-1800) turnpike road ((18-20 centuries)), from turnpike “turning post with sharp points fixed into it, used to control movement past it” ((15-18 centuries)), from turn + → PIKE4

单词	turnpike
释义	turnpike Word family adjectiveturnednounturnerturneryturningturnaboutturnagainturnbackturnbroachturnbuckleturncoatturncockturning circleturning pointturnkeyturnoffturnoutturnoverturnpiketurnroundturnskinturnspitturnstileturnstoneturntableturntablistverbturn Related topics: Roads turn·pike /ˈtɜːnpaɪk $ ˈtɜːrn-/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmETTR a large road for fast traffic that drivers have to pay to use 〔需要付费的〕高速公路 the New Jersey Turnpike 新泽西付费高速公路 Examples from the Corpus turnpike• An act of that year ordered all turnpike trusts to provide guide-posts and milestones on their roads.• That afternoon he set out walking to Harrisburg, where his father was working as a laborer on a new turnpike.• Weld, I thank them for all those nice turnpike tolls.• Hesperus is a lighthouse, Mars An air-force base; molecular cars Arrowing the turnpikes become Lost meteorites in search of home.• The contribution of the turnpikes must be measured not against the prescriptions of later ages but against the possibilities of their own.• Those who lent to the turnpike trusts were even more localised than those who bought canal stock.• With Ramsay and many others he ran on, up the turnpike.• Since the opening of the Torpoint turnpike, around 1820, it has been Sheviock that now stands on the main thoroughfare. Origin turnpike (1700-1800) turnpike road ((18-20 centuries)), from turnpike “turning post with sharp points fixed into it, used to control movement past it” ((15-18 centuries)), from turn + → PIKE4
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