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单词 subway
释义
subway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.weɪ/us
/ˈsʌb.weɪ/

subwaynoun[C](RAILWAY)

A1mainlyUS
(UKusuallyunderground)
arailwaysystemin whichelectrictrainstravelthroughtunnelsbelowground:
地铁；地铁交通
Wetookthe subwayuptowntoYankeeStadium.我们乘地铁到城外的扬基体育场去。
Aguygave me hisseatonthe subway.地铁上一个男人把他的座位让给了我。
picture of subway
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More examples
  • Times Square is thenexusof the New York subway.
  • Welookedonourmaptofindthenearestsubwaystation.
  • I take the subway towork.
  • Ileftmybagon the subway.
  • I don't like totravelon the subway afterdark.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Railways & railway lines
  • Amtrak
  • artery
  • branch line
  • electrify
  • funicular
  • junction
  • level crossing
  • light rail
  • light railway
  • metro
  • monorail
  • railroad
  • railroad tie
  • RR
  • siding
  • signal
  • signal box
  • switch
  • switchback
  • track
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subwaynoun[C](PASSAGE)

B2UK
an undergroundpassagethatallowspeopleonfoottocrossabusyroad
行人地下道，行人隧道
picture of subway
kathy archbold photos/Moment/GettyImages
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ditches, dams & tunnels
  • cut
  • cutting
  • dam
  • damsomethingup
  • dike
  • ditch
  • dyke
  • groin
  • groyne
  • ha ha
  • inspection chamber
  • spillway
  • the Channel Tunnel
  • the Chunnel
  • trench
  • tunnel
  • tunneller
  • underpass
(Definition ofsubwayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

subway| American Dictionary

subway
noun[C]
us
/ˈsʌb·weɪ/
anunderground,electricrailroadin acity:
Take the subway to Times Square.
BrA subway is anundergroundpassagethatpeoplewho arewalkingcan use tocrossunder abusystreet.
(Definition ofsubwayfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubway

subway
Thesubwaywas so quick and so cheap.
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Far from destroying the principle of the axis, such a briefsubwaymight be an event along its course.
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Imagine that the woman standing next to you on thesubwaysuddenly collapses.
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As a result, grants for subways, guard rails and overhead bridges were introduced in the late 1930s to train and direct pedestrians.
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Assume now that an incident occurs on thesubwayline; the pieces of knowledge k1 to k4 are (or should be) immediately invoked.
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Relates to railroads, street railways, subways, streetcars, and fares; includes bills regulating automobile operation and driving.
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While one of the timed walks went into an underground station and through asubway, the second remained outdoors, to create an acoustic disjunction.
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This experiment is intended to simulate an indoor environment such as a mine, factory building orsubwaytunnel.
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For both, thesubwayafforded them a novel form of visuality.
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They live in the underground sewage systems and subways in the winter and survive by begging.
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These not-so-petty thieves wrap their lips around the coin slots on top ofsubwayturnstiles.
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In contrast, in winter she prefers thesubway.
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These premises cannot be taken for granted, especially if you are not dealing with larger systems like street cars,subwaytrains, or trucks.
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But the very success of the firstsubwaycontracts made expansion difficult.
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Many of the applications for this technology will be areas where airflow is constrained and deflected by obstacles such as inside buildings, mines andsubwaytunnels.
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Collocationswithsubway

subway

These are words often used in combination withsubway.

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subway line
Assume now that an incident occurs on thesubwayline; the pieces of knowledge k1 to k4 are (or should be) immediately invoked.
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subway platform
The video continues to show the pair spending time together, including dining in restaurants, riding the subway, and dancing on thesubwayplatform.
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Wikipedia
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subway system
It will enable mails to pass quickly between the new sorting office and the railwaysubwaysystemwhich leads to the station platforms.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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