lane
/leɪn/noun
1
- a narrow road, especially in a rural area（尤指农村地区的）小路：
she drove along the winding lane.
她沿着弯曲小路开车。
1.1
- (in place names) a street in an urban area用于地名街, 巷：
Drury Lane.
特鲁里街。
1.2
- Astronomy a dark streak or band which shows up against a bright background, especially in a spiral galaxy【天文】（尤指漩涡星系中的）暗条。
2
- a division of a road marked off with painted lines and intended to separate single lines of traffic according to speed or direction车道：
the car accelerated and moved into the outside lane
汽车加速开到外车道上
a bus lane.
公交车道。
2.1
- each of a number of parallel strips of track or water for runners, rowers, or swimmers in a race（径赛、划船、游泳等比赛）赛道, 泳道：
she went into the final in lane three.
她进入决赛, 在第三赛（泳）道。
2.2
- a path or course prescribed for or regularly followed by ships or aircraft（飞机或轮船的）航线, 航道：
the shipping lanes of the South Atlantic.
南大西洋海运航道。
2.3
- (in tenpin bowling) a long narrow strip of floor down which the ball is bowled（保龄球）球道。
2.4
- Biochemistry each of a number of notional parallel strips in the gel of an electrophoresis plate, occupied by a single sample【生化】（电泳）泳道。
短语
it's a long lane that has no turning
- proverb nothing goes on forever; change is inevitable〈谚〉路必有弯, 事必有变。
派生词
laned
adjective多车道高速公路。
词源
Old English， related to Dutch laan; of unknown ultimate origin.