path
/pɑːθ/noun
(pl. paths)
1- a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading（用于步行或走出来的）路; 小路, 小径。
1.1
- with modifier such a way or track designed for a particular purpose（有专门用途的）路, 道：
cycle path.
自行车道。
1.2
- the course or direction in which a person or thing is moving路线, 路径：
the missile traced a fiery path in the sky
导弹在天空中留下一道火红的轨迹
figurative 〈喻〉a chosen career path.
一条选定的职业发展道路。
1.3
- a course of action or conduct（动作或行为的）道路, 途径：
adoption of the recommendation is now seen as the best path towards a settlement of the dispute.
现在看来接受这个建议是解决争端的最好途径。
1.4
- Computing a definition of the order in which an operating system or program searches for a file or executable program【计算机】路径。
1.5
- a schedule available for allocation to an individual railway train over a given route通勤火车时刻表。
短语
the path of least resistance
派生词
pathless
adjective词源
Old English path, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch pad, German Pfad, of unknown ultimate origin.