Definition of thoroughfare in English:

thoroughfare

noun ˈθʌrəfɛː

1A road or path forming a route between two places.
通路，通衢，大道
a scheme to stop the park being used as a thoroughfare
the middle bedroom is a thoroughfare to the bathroom
Example sentencesExamples
- By night the City Mall turns into a thoroughfare for people moving between the City's most popular nightspots.
- The declining number of urban families with young children, as well as an increase in real and perceived social problems, complicate efforts to revitalize public thoroughfares such as alleys.
- This week work was under way to re-open the path and residents are hoping it will be a thoroughfare again by the weekend.
- In particular, Dean Road and Manor Road are used as a green thoroughfare by residents and are perhaps more akin to urban parks.
- Although it could not be driven in a car, the route would steer cyclists off extremely busy roads and onto quiet thoroughfares and country lanes.
- These will normally be major thoroughfares such as hallways, cloakrooms, bathrooms and the kitchen.
Synonyms
through route, access route, way, passage
British informal rat run
1. 1.1 A main road in a town.
  大街，干道
  the teeming thoroughfares of central London
  the main thoroughfares are crowded with tourists
  Example sentencesExamples
  The pedestrianised street is one of the main thoroughfares in the city and lends itself to street music and entertainment as well as thriving business.
  The main thoroughfare there is Midsummer Boulevard, or H6, if you prefer the totalitarian grid system peculiar to the area.
  We wandered down the main thoroughfare and found ourselves on Desker Road, where some of our number insisted on seeing the back alley ‘sights’.
  Diversion signs will be put in place well in advance of the closure of the section of road, which is one of the main thoroughfares in and out of the city.
  Hundreds of children who arrived in the town were entertained by a disco in the square and street carnival along the main thoroughfare, with clowns and face painters on hand to add colour.
  I was walking along one of the main thoroughfares of Glasgow's East End on a Saturday night a few weeks ago when I spied a pair of likely lads lurching towards me.
  Off most of the main bustling thoroughfares lie tiny cobbled streets draped with vines and lined with old brick facades.
  Seb found himself a spot along the main thoroughfare and leaned up against the wall to watch the crowd.
  For many days of the week shoppers and visitors alike, coming to Ballyhaunis, find it increasingly difficult to obtain parking facilities on or near the town's main shopping thoroughfares.
  Along with the tree, the main thoroughfare through Mountmellick will be a far brighter place, as rows of lights are strung all along the street.
  I walk back towards my lodgings on Broad Street, which is the main thoroughfare through town.
  The march passed through the town's main thoroughfares and ended outside the local press club.
  The oil-on-canvas scene captures the town's main thoroughfare when it was still a two-way street.
  Street lights are now working on main thoroughfares.
  Students with backpacks strapped on are crisscrossing Northwestern Avenue, the main thoroughfare through campus.
  First Street, the old town's main thoroughfare, is pleasantly walkable.
  Go left onto Broad Street, the town's main thoroughfare.
  16th and 15th Streets are main thoroughfares, with little commercial activity - be cautious at night.
  The pub is situated on the town's main thoroughfare and has street frontage of nearly 11 metres.
  With energy, enthusiasm and many brushes they swept the accumulation of weekend litter from O'Connell Square and the main thoroughfare of the town.
  Synonyms
  street, road, roadway, avenue, boulevard, way
  main road, high road, A road, B road, trunk road, arterial road, artery, broadway
  British dual carriageway, clearway, motorway
  French autoroute
  Italian autostrada
  German Autobahn
  North American highway, freeway, parkway, crossway, turnpike, pike, throughway, expressway, superhighway, interstate
  South African national road
  Australian beef road
  informal main drag

Definition of thoroughfare in US English:

thoroughfare

noun

1A road or path forming a route between two places.
通路，通衢，大道
a scheme to stop the park being used as a thoroughfare
the middle bedroom is a thoroughfare to the bathroom
Example sentencesExamples
- The declining number of urban families with young children, as well as an increase in real and perceived social problems, complicate efforts to revitalize public thoroughfares such as alleys.
- These will normally be major thoroughfares such as hallways, cloakrooms, bathrooms and the kitchen.
- This week work was under way to re-open the path and residents are hoping it will be a thoroughfare again by the weekend.
- In particular, Dean Road and Manor Road are used as a green thoroughfare by residents and are perhaps more akin to urban parks.
- Although it could not be driven in a car, the route would steer cyclists off extremely busy roads and onto quiet thoroughfares and country lanes.
- By night the City Mall turns into a thoroughfare for people moving between the City's most popular nightspots.
Synonyms
through route, access route, way, passage
1. 1.1 A main road in a town.
  大街，干道
  the teeming thoroughfares of central London
  the main thoroughfares are crowded with tourists
  Example sentencesExamples
  Students with backpacks strapped on are crisscrossing Northwestern Avenue, the main thoroughfare through campus.
  Seb found himself a spot along the main thoroughfare and leaned up against the wall to watch the crowd.
  Diversion signs will be put in place well in advance of the closure of the section of road, which is one of the main thoroughfares in and out of the city.
  The march passed through the town's main thoroughfares and ended outside the local press club.
  16th and 15th Streets are main thoroughfares, with little commercial activity - be cautious at night.
  The oil-on-canvas scene captures the town's main thoroughfare when it was still a two-way street.
  The pedestrianised street is one of the main thoroughfares in the city and lends itself to street music and entertainment as well as thriving business.
  Go left onto Broad Street, the town's main thoroughfare.
  We wandered down the main thoroughfare and found ourselves on Desker Road, where some of our number insisted on seeing the back alley ‘sights’.
  The pub is situated on the town's main thoroughfare and has street frontage of nearly 11 metres.
  I walk back towards my lodgings on Broad Street, which is the main thoroughfare through town.
  The main thoroughfare there is Midsummer Boulevard, or H6, if you prefer the totalitarian grid system peculiar to the area.
  With energy, enthusiasm and many brushes they swept the accumulation of weekend litter from O'Connell Square and the main thoroughfare of the town.
  I was walking along one of the main thoroughfares of Glasgow's East End on a Saturday night a few weeks ago when I spied a pair of likely lads lurching towards me.
  Off most of the main bustling thoroughfares lie tiny cobbled streets draped with vines and lined with old brick facades.
  First Street, the old town's main thoroughfare, is pleasantly walkable.
  Along with the tree, the main thoroughfare through Mountmellick will be a far brighter place, as rows of lights are strung all along the street.
  Hundreds of children who arrived in the town were entertained by a disco in the square and street carnival along the main thoroughfare, with clowns and face painters on hand to add colour.
  For many days of the week shoppers and visitors alike, coming to Ballyhaunis, find it increasingly difficult to obtain parking facilities on or near the town's main shopping thoroughfares.
  Street lights are now working on main thoroughfares.
  Synonyms
  street, road, roadway, avenue, boulevard, way

单词	thoroughfare
释义	Definition of thoroughfare in English: thoroughfare noun ˈθʌrəfɛː 1A road or path forming a route between two places. 通路，通衢，大道 a scheme to stop the park being used as a thoroughfare the middle bedroom is a thoroughfare to the bathroom Example sentencesExamples By night the City Mall turns into a thoroughfare for people moving between the City's most popular nightspots. The declining number of urban families with young children, as well as an increase in real and perceived social problems, complicate efforts to revitalize public thoroughfares such as alleys. This week work was under way to re-open the path and residents are hoping it will be a thoroughfare again by the weekend. In particular, Dean Road and Manor Road are used as a green thoroughfare by residents and are perhaps more akin to urban parks. Although it could not be driven in a car, the route would steer cyclists off extremely busy roads and onto quiet thoroughfares and country lanes. These will normally be major thoroughfares such as hallways, cloakrooms, bathrooms and the kitchen. Synonyms through route, access route, way, passage British informal rat run 1.1 A main road in a town. 大街，干道 the teeming thoroughfares of central London the main thoroughfares are crowded with tourists Example sentencesExamples The pedestrianised street is one of the main thoroughfares in the city and lends itself to street music and entertainment as well as thriving business. The main thoroughfare there is Midsummer Boulevard, or H6, if you prefer the totalitarian grid system peculiar to the area. We wandered down the main thoroughfare and found ourselves on Desker Road, where some of our number insisted on seeing the back alley ‘sights’. Diversion signs will be put in place well in advance of the closure of the section of road, which is one of the main thoroughfares in and out of the city. Hundreds of children who arrived in the town were entertained by a disco in the square and street carnival along the main thoroughfare, with clowns and face painters on hand to add colour. I was walking along one of the main thoroughfares of Glasgow's East End on a Saturday night a few weeks ago when I spied a pair of likely lads lurching towards me. Off most of the main bustling thoroughfares lie tiny cobbled streets draped with vines and lined with old brick facades. Seb found himself a spot along the main thoroughfare and leaned up against the wall to watch the crowd. For many days of the week shoppers and visitors alike, coming to Ballyhaunis, find it increasingly difficult to obtain parking facilities on or near the town's main shopping thoroughfares. Along with the tree, the main thoroughfare through Mountmellick will be a far brighter place, as rows of lights are strung all along the street. I walk back towards my lodgings on Broad Street, which is the main thoroughfare through town. The march passed through the town's main thoroughfares and ended outside the local press club. The oil-on-canvas scene captures the town's main thoroughfare when it was still a two-way street. Street lights are now working on main thoroughfares. Students with backpacks strapped on are crisscrossing Northwestern Avenue, the main thoroughfare through campus. First Street, the old town's main thoroughfare, is pleasantly walkable. Go left onto Broad Street, the town's main thoroughfare. 16th and 15th Streets are main thoroughfares, with little commercial activity - be cautious at night. The pub is situated on the town's main thoroughfare and has street frontage of nearly 11 metres. With energy, enthusiasm and many brushes they swept the accumulation of weekend litter from O'Connell Square and the main thoroughfare of the town. Synonyms street, road, roadway, avenue, boulevard, way main road, high road, A road, B road, trunk road, arterial road, artery, broadway British dual carriageway, clearway, motorway French autoroute Italian autostrada German Autobahn North American highway, freeway, parkway, crossway, turnpike, pike, throughway, expressway, superhighway, interstate South African national road Australian beef road informal main drag Definition of thoroughfare in US English: thoroughfare noun 1A road or path forming a route between two places. 通路，通衢，大道 a scheme to stop the park being used as a thoroughfare the middle bedroom is a thoroughfare to the bathroom Example sentencesExamples The declining number of urban families with young children, as well as an increase in real and perceived social problems, complicate efforts to revitalize public thoroughfares such as alleys. These will normally be major thoroughfares such as hallways, cloakrooms, bathrooms and the kitchen. This week work was under way to re-open the path and residents are hoping it will be a thoroughfare again by the weekend. In particular, Dean Road and Manor Road are used as a green thoroughfare by residents and are perhaps more akin to urban parks. Although it could not be driven in a car, the route would steer cyclists off extremely busy roads and onto quiet thoroughfares and country lanes. By night the City Mall turns into a thoroughfare for people moving between the City's most popular nightspots. Synonyms through route, access route, way, passage 1.1 A main road in a town. 大街，干道 the teeming thoroughfares of central London the main thoroughfares are crowded with tourists Example sentencesExamples Students with backpacks strapped on are crisscrossing Northwestern Avenue, the main thoroughfare through campus. Seb found himself a spot along the main thoroughfare and leaned up against the wall to watch the crowd. Diversion signs will be put in place well in advance of the closure of the section of road, which is one of the main thoroughfares in and out of the city. The march passed through the town's main thoroughfares and ended outside the local press club. 16th and 15th Streets are main thoroughfares, with little commercial activity - be cautious at night. The oil-on-canvas scene captures the town's main thoroughfare when it was still a two-way street. The pedestrianised street is one of the main thoroughfares in the city and lends itself to street music and entertainment as well as thriving business. Go left onto Broad Street, the town's main thoroughfare. We wandered down the main thoroughfare and found ourselves on Desker Road, where some of our number insisted on seeing the back alley ‘sights’. The pub is situated on the town's main thoroughfare and has street frontage of nearly 11 metres. I walk back towards my lodgings on Broad Street, which is the main thoroughfare through town. The main thoroughfare there is Midsummer Boulevard, or H6, if you prefer the totalitarian grid system peculiar to the area. With energy, enthusiasm and many brushes they swept the accumulation of weekend litter from O'Connell Square and the main thoroughfare of the town. I was walking along one of the main thoroughfares of Glasgow's East End on a Saturday night a few weeks ago when I spied a pair of likely lads lurching towards me. Off most of the main bustling thoroughfares lie tiny cobbled streets draped with vines and lined with old brick facades. First Street, the old town's main thoroughfare, is pleasantly walkable. Along with the tree, the main thoroughfare through Mountmellick will be a far brighter place, as rows of lights are strung all along the street. Hundreds of children who arrived in the town were entertained by a disco in the square and street carnival along the main thoroughfare, with clowns and face painters on hand to add colour. For many days of the week shoppers and visitors alike, coming to Ballyhaunis, find it increasingly difficult to obtain parking facilities on or near the town's main shopping thoroughfares. Street lights are now working on main thoroughfares. Synonyms street, road, roadway, avenue, boulevard, way
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