road 音标拼音: [r'od]
n . 路,道路,公路,途径,方法
路,道路,公路,途径,方法
road n 1 :
an open way (
generally public )
for travel or transportation [
synonym : {
road }, {
route }]
2 :
a way or means to achieve something ; "
the road to fame "
Road \
Road \ (
r [=
o ]),
n . [
AS .
r [=
a ]
d a riding ,
that on which one rides or travels ,
a road ,
fr .
r [
imac ]
dan to ride .
See {
Ride },
and cf . {
Raid }.]
1 .
A journey ,
or stage of a journey . [
Obs .]
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With easy roads he came to Leicester . --
Shak .
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2 .
An inroad ;
an invasion ;
a raid . [
Obs .] --
Spenser .
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3 .
A place where one may ride ;
an open way or public passage for vehicles ,
persons ,
and animals ;
a track for travel ,
forming a means of communication between one city ,
town ,
or place ,
and another .
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The most villainous house in all the London road .
--
Shak .
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Note :
The word is generally applied to highways ,
and as a generic term it includes highway ,
street ,
and lane .
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4 . [
Possibly akin to Icel .
rei [
eth ]
i the rigging of a ship ,
E .
ready .]
A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore ;
a roadstead ; --
often in the plural ;
as ,
Hampton Roads . --
Shak .
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Now strike your saile ,
ye jolly mariners ,
For we be come unto a quiet rode [
road ]. --
Spenser .
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{
On the road },
or {
Uponthe road },
traveling or passing over a road ;
coming or going ;
traveling ;
on the way .
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My hat and wig will soon be here ,
They are upon the road . --
Cowper .
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{
Road agent },
a highwayman ,
especially on the stage routes of the unsettled western parts of the United States ; --
a humorous euphemism . [
Western U .
S .]
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The highway robber --
road agent he is quaintly called . --
The century .
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{
Road book },
a guidebook in respect to roads and distances .
{
road kill }
See {
roadkill }
in the vocabulary .
{
Road metal },
the broken ,
stone used in macadamizing roads .
{
Road roller },
a heavy roller ,
or combinations of rollers ,
for making earth ,
macadam ,
or concrete roads smooth and compact . --
often driven by steam .
{
Road runner } (
Zool .),
the chaparral cock .
{
Road steamer },
a locomotive engine adapted to running on common roads .
{
To go on the road },
to engage in the business of a commercial traveler . [
Colloq .]
{
To take the road },
to begin or engage in traveling .
{
To take to the road },
to engage in robbery upon the highways .
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Syn :
Way ;
highway ;
street ;
lane ;
pathway ;
route ;
passage ;
course .
See {
Way }.
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Break \
Break \ (
br [=
a ]
k ),
v .
t . [
imp . {
broke } (
br [=
o ]
k ), (
Obs .
{
Brake });
p .
p . {
Broken } (
br [=
o ]"
k '
n ), (
Obs . {
Broke });
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Breaking }.] [
OE .
breken ,
AS .
brecan ;
akin to OS .
brekan ,
D .
breken ,
OHG .
brehhan ,
G .
brechen ,
Icel .
braka to creak ,
Sw .
braka ,
br [
aum ]
kka to crack ,
Dan .
br [
ae ]
kke to break ,
Goth .
brikan to break ,
L .
frangere .
Cf . {
Bray }
to pound , {
Breach }, {
Fragile }.]
1 .
To strain apart ;
to sever by fracture ;
to divide with violence ;
as ,
to break a rope or chain ;
to break a seal ;
to break an axle ;
to break rocks or coal ;
to break a lock .
--
Shak .
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2 .
To lay open as by breaking ;
to divide ;
as ,
to break a package of goods .
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3 .
To lay open ,
as a purpose ;
to disclose ,
divulge ,
or communicate .
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Katharine ,
break thy mind to me . --
Shak .
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4 .
To infringe or violate ,
as an obligation ,
law ,
or promise .
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Out ,
out ,
hyena !
these are thy wonted arts . . .
To break all faith ,
all vows ,
deceive ,
betray .
--
Milton [
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5 .
To interrupt ;
to destroy the continuity of ;
to dissolve or terminate ;
as ,
to break silence ;
to break one '
s sleep ;
to break one '
s journey .
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Go ,
release them ,
Ariel ;
My charms I '
ll break ,
their senses I '
ll restore .
--
Shak .
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6 .
To destroy the completeness of ;
to remove a part from ;
as ,
to break a set .
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7 .
To destroy the arrangement of ;
to throw into disorder ;
to pierce ;
as ,
the cavalry were not able to break the British squares .
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8 .
To shatter to pieces ;
to reduce to fragments .
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The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity .
--
Prescott .
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9 .
To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination ;
as ,
to break a five dollar bill .
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10 .
To destroy the strength ,
firmness ,
or consistency of ;
as ,
to break flax .
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11 .
To weaken or impair ,
as health ,
spirit ,
or mind .
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An old man ,
broken with the storms of state .
--
Shak .
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12 .
To diminish the force of ;
to lessen the shock of ,
as a fall or blow .
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I '
ll rather leap down first ,
and break your fall .
--
Dryden .
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13 .
To impart ,
as news or information ;
to broach ; --
with to ,
and often with a modified word implying some reserve ;
as ,
to break the news gently to the widow ;
to break a purpose cautiously to a friend .
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14 .
To tame ;
to reduce to subjection ;
to make tractable ;
to discipline ;
as ,
to break a horse to the harness or saddle . "
To break a colt ." --
Spenser .
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Why ,
then thou canst not break her to the lute ?
--
Shak .
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15 .
To destroy the financial credit of ;
to make bankrupt ;
to ruin .
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With arts like these rich Matho ,
when he speaks ,
Attracts all fees ,
and little lawyers breaks .
--
Dryden .
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16 .
To destroy the official character and standing of ;
to cashier ;
to dismiss .
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I see a great officer broken . --
Swift .
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Note :
With prepositions or adverbs :
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{
To break down }.
(
a )
To crush ;
to overwhelm ;
as ,
to break down one '
s strength ;
to break down opposition .
(
b )
To remove ,
or open a way through ,
by breaking ;
as ,
to break down a door or wall .
{
To break in }.
(
a )
To force in ;
as ,
to break in a door .
(
b )
To train ;
to discipline ;
as ,
a horse well broken in .
{
To break of },
to rid of ;
to cause to abandon ;
as ,
to break one of a habit .
{
To break off }.
(
a )
To separate by breaking ;
as ,
to break off a twig .
(
b )
To stop suddenly ;
to abandon . "
Break off thy sins by righteousness ." --
Dan .
iv .
27 .
{
To break open },
to open by breaking . "
Open the door ,
or I will break it open ." --
Shak .
{
To break out },
to take or force out by breaking ;
as ,
to break out a pane of glass .
{
To break out a cargo },
to unstow a cargo ,
so as to unload it easily .
{
To break through }.
(
a )
To make an opening through ,
as ,
as by violence or the force of gravity ;
to pass violently through ;
as ,
to break through the enemy '
s lines ;
to break through the ice .
(
b )
To disregard ;
as ,
to break through the ceremony .
{
To break up }.
(
a )
To separate into parts ;
to plow (
new or fallow ground ). "
Break up this capon ." --
Shak . "
Break up your fallow ground ." --
Jer .
iv .
3 .
(
b )
To dissolve ;
to put an end to . "
Break up the court ."
--
Shak .
{
To break } (
one ) {
all up },
to unsettle or disconcert completely ;
to upset . [
Colloq .]
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Note :
With an immediate object :
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{
To break the back }.
(
a )
To dislocate the backbone ;
hence ,
to disable totally .
(
b )
To get through the worst part of ;
as ,
to break the back of a difficult undertaking .
{
To break bulk },
to destroy the entirety of a load by removing a portion of it ;
to begin to unload ;
also ,
to transfer in detail ,
as from boats to cars .
{
To break a code }
to discover a method to convert coded messages into the original understandable text .
{
To break cover },
to burst forth from a protecting concealment ,
as game when hunted .
{
To break a deer }
or {
To break a stag },
to cut it up and apportion the parts among those entitled to a share .
{
To break fast },
to partake of food after abstinence .
See {
Breakfast }.
{
To break ground }.
(
a )
To open the earth as for planting ;
to commence excavation ,
as for building ,
siege operations ,
and the like ;
as ,
to break ground for a foundation ,
a canal ,
or a railroad .
(
b )
Fig .:
To begin to execute any plan .
(
c ) (
Naut .)
To release the anchor from the bottom .
{
To break the heart },
to crush or overwhelm (
one )
with grief .
{
To break a house } (
Law ),
to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it .
{
To break the ice },
to get through first difficulties ;
to overcome obstacles and make a beginning ;
to introduce a subject .
{
To break jail },
to escape from confinement in jail ,
usually by forcible means .
{
To break a jest },
to utter a jest . "
Patroclus . . .
the livelong day breaks scurril jests ." --
Shak .
{
To break joints },
to lay or arrange bricks ,
shingles ,
etc .,
so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course .
{
To break a lance },
to engage in a tilt or contest .
{
To break the neck },
to dislocate the joints of the neck .
{
To break no squares },
to create no trouble . [
Obs .]
{
To break a path }, {
road },
etc .,
to open a way through obstacles by force or labor .
{
To break upon a wheel },
to execute or torture ,
as a criminal by stretching him upon a wheel ,
and breaking his limbs with an iron bar ; --
a mode of punishment formerly employed in some countries .
{
To break wind },
to give vent to wind from the anus .
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Syn :
To dispart ;
rend ;
tear ;
shatter ;
batter ;
violate ;
infringe ;
demolish ;
destroy ;
burst ;
dislocate .
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177 Moby Thesaurus words for "
road ":
Autobahn ,
US highway ,
access ,
air lane ,
alley ,
alleyway ,
anchorage ,
anchorage ground ,
approach ,
approaches ,
arm ,
armlet ,
arterial ,
arterial highway ,
arterial street ,
artery ,
autoroute ,
autostrada ,
avenue ,
basin ,
bay ,
bayou ,
beat ,
belt ,
belt highway ,
berth ,
bight ,
blind alley ,
boca ,
boulevard ,
breakwater ,
bulkhead ,
bypass ,
byway ,
camino real ,
carriageway ,
causeway ,
causey ,
channel ,
chaussee ,
chuck ,
circuit ,
circumferential ,
close ,
corduroy road ,
county road ,
course ,
court ,
cove ,
creek ,
crescent ,
cul -
de -
sac ,
dead -
end street ,
dike ,
direction ,
dirt road ,
dock ,
dockage ,
dockyard ,
drag ,
drive ,
driveway ,
dry dock ,
embankment ,
entree ,
estuary ,
euripus ,
expressway ,
fairway ,
fjord ,
flight path ,
freeway ,
frith ,
gravel road ,
groin ,
gulf ,
gut ,
harbor ,
harborage ,
haven ,
highroad ,
highway ,
highways and byways ,
inlet ,
interstate highway ,
itinerary ,
jetty ,
jutty ,
kyle ,
landing ,
landing place ,
landing stage ,
lane ,
line ,
local road ,
loch ,
main drag ,
main road ,
marina ,
means ,
method ,
mews ,
mole ,
moorings ,
motorway ,
mouth ,
narrow ,
narrow seas ,
narrows ,
natural harbor ,
orbit ,
parkway ,
passage ,
path ,
pave ,
paved road ,
pier ,
pike ,
place ,
plank road ,
port ,
primary highway ,
primrose path ,
private road ,
procedure ,
protected anchorage ,
quay ,
reach ,
riding ,
right -
of -
way ,
ring road ,
roadbed ,
roads ,
roadstead ,
roadway ,
round ,
route ,
route nationale ,
row ,
royal road ,
run ,
sea lane ,
seaport ,
seawall ,
seaway ,
secondary road ,
ship route ,
shipyard ,
shortcut ,
slip ,
sound ,
speedway ,
state highway ,
steamer track ,
strait ,
straits ,
street ,
superhighway ,
technique ,
terrace ,
thoroughfare ,
through street ,
thruway ,
toll road ,
tour ,
township road ,
track ,
trade route ,
traject ,
trajectory ,
trajet ,
turnpike ,
walk ,
waterway ,
way ,
wharf ,
wynd Road (
1 Sam .
27 :
10 ;
R .
V ., "
raid "),
an inroad ,
an incursion .
This word is never used in Scripture in the sense of a way or path .
ROAD .
A passage through the country for the use of the people .
3 Yeates ,
421 .
2 .
Roads are public or private .
Public roads are laid out by public authority ,
or dedicated by individuals to public use .
The public have the use of such roads ,
but the owner of the land over which they are made and the owners of land bounded on the highway ,
have ,
prima facie ,
a fee in such highway ,
ad medium filum vice ,
subject to the easement in favor of the public .
1 Conn .
193 ;
11 Conn .
60 ;
2 John .
357 15 John .
447 .
But where the boundary excludes the highway ,
it is ,
of course ,
excluded .
11 Pick .
193 .
See 13 Mass .
259 .
The proprietor of the soil ,
is therefore entitled to all the fruits which grow by its side ;
16 Mass .
366 ,
7 ;
and to all the mineral wealth it contains .
1 Rolle ,
392 ,
1 .
5 ;
4 Day ,
R .
328 ;
1 Conn '.
Rep ,
103 ;
6 Mass .
R .
454 ;
4 Mass ,
R .
427 ;
15 Johns .
Rep .
447 ,
583 ;
2 Johns .
R .
357 ;
Com .
Dig .
Chimin ,
A 2 ;
6 Pet .
498 ;
1 Sumn .
21 ;
10 Pet .
25 ;
6 Pick .
57 ;
6 Mass .
454 ;
12 Wend .
98 .
3 .
There are public roads ,
such as turnpikes and railroads ,
which are constructed by public authority ,
or by corporations .
These are kept in good order by the respective companies to which they belong ,
and persons travelling on them ,
with animals and vehicles ,
are required to pay toll .
In general these companies have only a right of passage over the land ,
which remains the property ,
subject to the easement ,
of the owner at the time the road was made or of his heirs or assigns .
4 .
Private roads are ,
such as are used for private individuals only ,
and are not wanted for the public generally .
Sometimes roads of this kind are wanted for the accommodation of land otherwise enclosed and without access to public roads .
The soil of such roads belongs to the owner of the land over which they are made .
5 .
Public roads are kept in repair at the public expense ,
and private roads by those who use them .
Vide Domain ;
Way .
13 Mass .
256 ;
1 Sumn .
Rep .
21 ;
2 Hill .
Ab .
c .
7 ;
1 Pick .
R .
122 ;
2 Mass .
R .
127 6 Mass .
R .
454 ;
4 Mass .
R .
427 ;
15 Mass .
Rep .
33 ;
3 Rawle ,
R .
495 ;
1 N .
H .
Rep .
16 ;
1 McCord ,
R .
67 ;
1 Conn .
R .
103 ;
2 John .
R .
357 ;
1 John .
Rep .
447 ;
15 John .
R .
483 ;
4 Day ,
Rep .
330 ;
2 Bailey ,
Rep .
271 ;
1 Burr .
133 ;
7 B . &
Cr .
304 ;
11 Price R .
736 ;
7 Taunt .
R .
39 ;
Str .
1004 .
1 Shepl .
R .
250 ;
5 Conn .
Rep .
528 ;
8 Pick .
R .
473 ;
Crabb ,
R .
P .
Sec .
102 -
104 .
ROAD ,
mar .
law .
A road is defined by Lord Hale to be an open passage of the sea ,
which ,
from the situation of the adjacent land ,
and its own depth and wideness ,
affords a secure place for the common riding and anchoring of vessels .
Hale de Port .
Mar .
p .
2 ,
c .
2 .
This word ,
however ,
does not appear to have a very definite meaning .
2 Chit .
Com .
Law ,
4 ,
5 .
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