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highway

[ hahy-wey ]

noun

  1. a main road, especially one between towns or cities:

    the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. any public road or waterway.
  3. any main or ordinary route, track, or course.


highway

/ 藞丑补瑟藢飞别瑟 /

noun

  1. a public road that all may use
  2. law a main road, esp one that connects towns or cities
  3. a main route for any form of transport
  4. a direct path or course
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of highway1

before 900; Middle English heyewei, Old English heiweg. See high, way 1
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Its thick jungle provides cover for those who oppose military rule, but it is difficult to get around, the roads are poor and main highways remain in range of the army's guns.

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Got pulled over going 62 miles an hour, not a soul on the highway.

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Ever since then, I鈥檝e been marking fruit on my map, and now I have a crazy map where you can鈥檛 see streets, you can鈥檛 see any highways, because it鈥檚 just blue flags everywhere.

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National and state highways together make up about 5% of the total network, while other roads - including gleaming access-controlled expressways - account for the rest.

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It鈥檚 been a deadly Easter morning with two fatalities on area highways.

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