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单词 skyway
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Definition of skyway in English:

skyway

noun ˈskʌɪweɪˈskaɪˌweɪ
US
  • 1A recognized route followed by aircraft.

    (飞机)航线

    skyways, from 18,000 to 40,000 feet, resemble a highway system
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The VASC captured futuristic designs in a special NASA display that shows airplane concepts that may some day fly on an interstate skyway.
    • Using anti-grav beacon technology linked with vehicle computers, the skyways allow flying cars to safely travel domestic routes at varying altitudes
    • Speeding off into the skyway, the bus took flight, and the wake of the enormous vehicle blew away the hat of a young human child.
    • Port Town uses skyways and starships make less pollution than cars, so you probably did see stars… a rarity in any city these days.
    • Rocket belts will increase a man's stride to 30 feet, and bus-type helicopters will travel along crowded air skyways.
    • And the highways and skyways are expected to be jammed today as the Thanksgiving weekend draws to a close.
    • As motorways become more and more clogged up with traffic, a new generation of flying cars will be needed to ferry people along skyways.
    • We've cleared airspace for you, and it's a perfectly sunny day throughout the skyway you'll be traveling.
  • 2A covered overhead walkway between buildings.

    (大楼之间的)封闭式人行天桥

    a second-storey skyway links the two shops
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He crossed the skyway and waited in the first security check line.
    • Road overbridges and underbridges, skyways and walkways are welcome, but people must be educated on their use.
    • There are catwalk skyways, a mezzanine bar, and lots of roomy, Steven Seagal-era power banquettes made of shiny black vinyl.
    • A Striker suddenly waltzed around the corner and started through the skyway towards him.
    • The party reaches the top of the tower and crosses a short skyway and ends up in another large room.
    • Walk along the arterial skyway, and below you will see a sea of bus stands.
    • Around '95 I opened a recording studio in an office building that was part of the skyway system in downtown St. Paul.
    • Glistening windows ran past us as we flew by the skyscrapers, a skyway level above the evening traffic.
    • But around two o'clock, the skyway level slows way down.
    • You still see people cross the road in the middle of traffic, though there is a skyway or a subway for them.
  • 3A raised motorway.

    高架公路

    over the marsh rises the Pulaski Skyway, a mile-long flyover
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many noisy hovercars and buses littered the lower skyways, contributing toward the city's perpetual commotion.
    • He took the elevated adway down to the Safe Streets skyway interchange, pausing long enough to fish his roadcard out of its tolljacker sheath.
    • I finally woke for good as we were on the Chicago skyway bridges.
    • The government was urged to use the Baht 60 million fund granted by KfW to study the feasibility of the elevated railway and skyway project.
    • The easiest way to enter Block E is through the Seventh Street hangar doors by car; from there the parking ramp elevator whisks would-be patrons up to the skyway level.
    • Far below that was the massive tangle of the intertwining lower skyway tracks, which supported hovering vehicles and the network of maglev trains.
    • Aislinn led the way to the prison, trying to travel the back alleys she knew so well instead of the main skyways and highways.
    • The web of pathways, highways, shipways and skyways has been growing ever since.
    • A major skyway nearby had been shattered completely, the ruined cars forming a junkyard at the bottom of the long drop.
    • The skyways are jammed with trains, planes and automobiles and the cities have more exciting architecture than you might expect.
    • The loveliest of the four, Gavidaee Commons, saw most of its retail above the skyway level converted to bank offices.

Rhymes

byway, highway

Definition of skyway in US English:

skyway

nounˈskaɪˌweɪˈskīˌwā
US
  • 1A recognized route followed by aircraft.

    (飞机)航线

    skyways, from 18,000 to 40,000 feet, resemble a highway system
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rocket belts will increase a man's stride to 30 feet, and bus-type helicopters will travel along crowded air skyways.
    • And the highways and skyways are expected to be jammed today as the Thanksgiving weekend draws to a close.
    • Using anti-grav beacon technology linked with vehicle computers, the skyways allow flying cars to safely travel domestic routes at varying altitudes
    • As motorways become more and more clogged up with traffic, a new generation of flying cars will be needed to ferry people along skyways.
    • Speeding off into the skyway, the bus took flight, and the wake of the enormous vehicle blew away the hat of a young human child.
    • We've cleared airspace for you, and it's a perfectly sunny day throughout the skyway you'll be traveling.
    • Port Town uses skyways and starships make less pollution than cars, so you probably did see stars… a rarity in any city these days.
    • The VASC captured futuristic designs in a special NASA display that shows airplane concepts that may some day fly on an interstate skyway.
  • 2

    another term for skywalk
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He crossed the skyway and waited in the first security check line.
    • You still see people cross the road in the middle of traffic, though there is a skyway or a subway for them.
    • There are catwalk skyways, a mezzanine bar, and lots of roomy, Steven Seagal-era power banquettes made of shiny black vinyl.
    • Around '95 I opened a recording studio in an office building that was part of the skyway system in downtown St. Paul.
    • The party reaches the top of the tower and crosses a short skyway and ends up in another large room.
    • Road overbridges and underbridges, skyways and walkways are welcome, but people must be educated on their use.
    • Glistening windows ran past us as we flew by the skyscrapers, a skyway level above the evening traffic.
    • Walk along the arterial skyway, and below you will see a sea of bus stands.
    • A Striker suddenly waltzed around the corner and started through the skyway towards him.
    • But around two o'clock, the skyway level slows way down.
  • 3An elevated highway.

    over the marsh rises the Pulaski Skyway, a mile-long flyover
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I finally woke for good as we were on the Chicago skyway bridges.
    • The skyways are jammed with trains, planes and automobiles and the cities have more exciting architecture than you might expect.
    • Many noisy hovercars and buses littered the lower skyways, contributing toward the city's perpetual commotion.
    • Aislinn led the way to the prison, trying to travel the back alleys she knew so well instead of the main skyways and highways.
    • He took the elevated adway down to the Safe Streets skyway interchange, pausing long enough to fish his roadcard out of its tolljacker sheath.
    • The web of pathways, highways, shipways and skyways has been growing ever since.
    • Far below that was the massive tangle of the intertwining lower skyway tracks, which supported hovering vehicles and the network of maglev trains.
    • The government was urged to use the Baht 60 million fund granted by KfW to study the feasibility of the elevated railway and skyway project.
    • The loveliest of the four, Gavidaee Commons, saw most of its retail above the skyway level converted to bank offices.
    • The easiest way to enter Block E is through the Seventh Street hangar doors by car; from there the parking ramp elevator whisks would-be patrons up to the skyway level.
    • A major skyway nearby had been shattered completely, the ruined cars forming a junkyard at the bottom of the long drop.
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