avenue
/ˈævənjuː/noun
1
- a broad road in a town or city, typically having trees at regular intervals along its sides大道; 林荫道：
tree-lined avenues surround the hotel
林荫大道环绕着酒店
in names Shaftesbury Avenue.沙夫茨伯里大道。
1.1
- in names N. Amer. a thoroughfare running at right angles to the streets in a city laid out on a grid pattern〈北美〉（网格状街道系统中的）大道：
7th Avenue.
第七大道。
1.2
- a tree-lined road or path, especially one that leads to a country house or similar building（尤指通向乡宅等的）林荫道：
an avenue of limes.
一条石灰铺的林荫道。
2
- a way of approaching a problem or making progress towards something途径：
three possible avenues of research suggested themselves.
三种可能的研究途径摆在眼前。
词源
early 17th cent. (in sense 2)： from French， feminine past participle of avenir 'arrive， approach'， from Latin advenire, from ad- 'towards' + venire 'come'.