highway
US: /ˈhaɪˌweɪ/
UK: /hˈaɪweɪ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
highway /'haiwei/- danh từ
- đường cái, quốc lộ
- con đường chính (bộ hoặc thuỷ)
- (nghĩa bóng) con đường, đường lối (hành động...)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 (especially AmE) a main road, usually connecting large towns: an interstate highway + Highway patrol officers closed the road.
2 (BrE, formal) a public road: A parked car was obstructing the highway.
Compare: HIGH ROAD
Collocation
ADJ.
broad | three-lane, two-lane, etc.
a four-lane highway
| public
(formal) He was fined for obstructing the public highway.
| main, major, national | trans-Amazon, trans-European, etc. | coastal, desert | east-west, north-south
VERB + HIGHWAY
pull off
We pulled off the highway and stopped for a break.
| obstruct
PREP.
along the ~
They tore along the highway.
| down the ~, off the ~, on the ~, onto the ~, up the ~ | ~ to
the highway to Sydney
Concise dictionary
highways+a major road for any form of motor transport
