road

US: /ˈɹoʊd/

UK: /ɹˈə‍ʊd/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

road /roud/
  • danh từ
    • con đường
      • high road: đường cái
      • to take the road: lên đường
      • to be on the road: đáng trên đường đi; làm nghề đi chào hàng; (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) cướp đường
      • the rule of the road: luật đi đường
      • to get out of the road: tránh ra không cản đường (ai); không làm cản trở (ai)
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đường sắt
    • đường phố
    • cách, phương pháp, con đường (dẫn tới cái gì...)
      • the road to success: con đường dẫn đến thành công
      • there is no royal road to...: không có cách nào dễ dàng để đạt tới...
    • ((thường) số nhiều) (hàng hải) vũng tàu
      • to anchor in the roads: thả neo ở vũng tàu
    • all roads lead to Rome
      • (tục ngữ) tất cả mọi người đến đi đến thành La-mã
    • to burn up the road
      • ngoan ngoãn, dễ bảo (ngựa)
    • juice road
      • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) đường xe lửa chạy điện
    • to take somebody over a rough road
      • (xem) rough
  • ngoại động từ
    • đánh hơi theo (thú săn)

Advanced English dictionary

+ noun
1 a hard surface built for vehicles to travel on: a main / major / minor road + a country / mountain road + They live just along / up / down the road (= further on the same road). + The house is on a very busy road. + He was walking along the road when he was attacked. + It takes about five hours by road (= driving). + It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road. + Take the first road on the left and then follow the signs. + We parked on a side road. + road accidents / safety / users + a road map
2 (Road) (abbreviation Rd) used in names of roads, especially in towns: 35 York Road
3 the way to achieving sth: to be on the road to success / recovery + We have discussed privatization, but we would prefer not to go down that particular road.
Idioms: any road (NorthE) = ANYWAY
one for the road (spoken) a last alcoholic drink before you leave a party, etc.
on the road
1 travelling, especially for long distances or periods of time: The band has been on the road for six months. + I've been on the road since six this morning.
2 (of a car) in good condition so that it can be legally driven: It will cost about £400 to get the car back on the road.
3 moving from place to place, and having no permanent home: Life on the road can be very hard.
more at END n., FURTHER adv., HIT v., SHOW n.
MORE ABOUT
roads
Roads and streets
In a town or city, street is the most general word for a road with houses and buildings on one or both sides: a street map of London. Street is not used for roads between towns, but streets in towns are often called Road:
Oxford Street + Edgeware Road .A road map of France would show you the major routes between, around and through towns and cities.
Other words used in the names of streets include: Circle, Court, Crescent, Drive, Hill and Way. Avenue suggests a wide street lined with trees. A lane is a narrow street between buildings or, in BrE, a narrow country road.
The high street
High street is used in BrE, especially as a name, for the main street of a town, where most shops, banks, etc. are: the record store in the High Street + high street shops. In AmE Main Street is often used as a name for this street.
Larger roads
British and American English use different words for the roads that connect towns and cities. Motorways, (for example, the M57) in BrE, freeways, highways or interstates, (for example State Route 347, Interstate 94, the Long Island Expressway) in AmE, are large divided roads built for long-distance traffic to avoid towns.
A ring road (BrE) / an outer belt (AmE) is built around a city or town to reduce traffic in the centre. This can also be called a beltway in AmE, although this usually refers to the road around Washington D.C. A bypass passes around a town or city rather than through the centre.

Thesaurus dictionary

n.
1 way, means, approach, route, procedure, technique, method, passage, street, avenue, course, track, entrée, access, direction:
Our researchers arrived at the identical results via a completely different road
2 thoroughfare, way, byway, highway, roadway, high road, low road, avenue, boulevard, street, lane, alley(way), Brit motorway, carriageway, US turnpike, expressway, freeway, parkway, throughway or thruway, German Autobahn, Italian autostrada, French autoroute, Colloq US pike:
The roads are jammed with traffic on Sunday evenings during the summer.

Collocation

ADJ.

broad, wide | narrow | busy, congested | clear, deserted, empty, lonely, quiet
Let's leave when the roads are clear.
| direct
The airport's near here but there's no direct road.
|
straight | twisting, twisty,
winding | steep | scenic | good, metalled, paved, smooth, surfaced, tarmac | bad, bumpy, dirt, poor, rough, unmade
a bumpy road through the forest
| dangerous, difficult, hard
(often figurative) Bringing up a handicapped child can be a long and hard road.
| safe | slippery | dusty, icy, muddy, snowbound, snowy, wet | fast | long, long-distance, main, major, national, trunk | B-, back, local, minor, secondary, small, unclassified | single-track | rural | urban | residential | tree-lined | private, public | dead-end
(figurative) The government's policy on education is a dead-end road.
| open
We'll be able to go faster once we're out on the open road.
| right, wrong
We took the wrong road and had to turn back.

(figurative) It does appear we are on the right road to success.

| east-west, etc. | coast, coastal, country, mountain | access, arterial, ring, service, side, slip
The new ring road should reduce city centre traffic.
| toll

VERB + ROAD

follow, go down
Follow the road round to the left.

(figurative) We have discussed privatization, but we would prefer not to go down that road.

| take, turn (left/right) into/off
Take the next road on the right.
| cross, get across | pull (out) into
He was hit by a lorry as he pulled out into the main road.
| pull off
I pulled off the road for a rest.
| join
The track joins the main road just south of the village.
| hog
(= drive near the middle of the road so that others cannot get past)
| block, cordon off
Angry farmers blocked the road with their tractors. Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic.
| build | pave, resurface, surface | widen

ROAD + VERB

go, lead, run
Where does this road go? The road runs parallel to the river.
| bend, curve, turn, twist, wind
The road twists and turns up the hillside.
| ascend, climb
The road ascends steeply from the harbour.
| cross sth
The road crosses the river further up the valley.
| branch (off), fork
Our road branches off to the left just past the wood.

ROAD + NOUN

atlas, map | markings, sign | intersection, junction | bridge, crossing, tunnel | closure | humps
Road humps have been laid down to limit the speed of cars along the road.
| communications, infrastructure, network | layout | access, link
There is still no road access to the island.
| development, plan, programme, project, proposal, scheme | improvements | surface | journey | crash, smash, (traffic) accident | safety | deaths | conditions | traffic, vehicles | user | manners, sense
poor driving standards and lack of road manners
| engineer | haulier | haulage | sweeper | tax, toll
Road tax is set to rise in next month's budget. Road tolls can make travelling by motorway fairly expensive.
| rage
A man has been stabbed to death in a road rage attack.

PREP.

across the ~
The house across the road is for sale.
| along the ~
He was walking along the road when he was attacked.
| by ~
It takes three hours by road (= driving).
| down/up the ~
They live just down the road from us.
| in the ~
There was a dog in the road so we stopped. We live in/on Kingston Road.
| (out) into the ~
She stepped out into the road without looking.
| off the ~
My car's off the road at the moment while I recondition the engine.
| on a/the ~
There's something lying on the road. There was a lot of traffic on the road this morning. on the road to Damascus My car is back on the road (= is working)again. We'd been on the road (= travelling)since dawn and needed a rest.
| ~ along/over/through, etc.
the main road through the centre of town
| ~ from, ~ to
the road to London

(figurative) to be on the road to recovery/success

PHRASES

at/by/on the side of the road, the bottom/end/top of the road, the end of the road
(figurative) This latest row could mean the end of the road for the band.
| the middle of the road
A dog was sitting in the middle of the road, so we stopped.
| the next/second, etc. road on the left/right, a stretch of road
a notoriously dangerous stretch of road


Concise dictionary

roadsrəʊd
noun
+an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
+a way or means to achieve something
adj.
+taking place over public roads
+working for a short time in different places

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