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subway

美音:[´sʌb´weı ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.地道,<美> 地铁

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sub-=under 变化型 suc-,suf-,sug-,sum-,sup-,sur-,sus-

subway


/'sʌbweɪ; `sʌb,we/
n
1 underground pedestrian tunnel, esp one beneath a road or railway 地下人行道(尤指公路或铁路下的)
*Use the subway to cross the road. 请用地下通道穿越马路. Cf 参看 underpass.
2 (US) underground railway in a city 市区地下铁道
*travel by subway 乘地铁
* [attrib 作定语] a subway train, station 地铁列车、地铁站. Cf 参看 underground2 n, tube 3, Metro.

subway


n[C]AmE
a railway system that runs under the ground below a big city
British Equivalent: underground
 the New York City subway
 a crowded subway station
 Boston has the oldest subway system in the US.
BrE a path for people to walk under a road or railway
= underpass
1. The subway is so jammed that police erect barricades so that women can ride in cars separate from men.
    地铁非常拥挤,以致于警察不得不设置路障以便妇女能乘上与男人分开的车厢。

2. At such times my sisters or I would pull him through the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y., on a child's wagon with steel runners to the subway entrance.
    这种时候,姐妹们或我就用一辆儿童雪橇拉着他穿过纽约布鲁克林的街道到地铁站口。

3. At 5 A.M. on a recent morning, we caught up with Mr. Torres at a subway stop in Brooklyn, New York, near where he lives in a third-floor apartment (without an elevator).
    最近,有一天早晨5点钟,我们看到多里斯先生来到了纽约布鲁克林的一个地铁站;此处靠近他的住所:没有电梯的三层楼上的一套公寓。

4. Our usual walk was to or from the subway on which he traveled to work.
    我们通常就在地铁口和家门口之间来回, 那是他上班的路线。

5. One day while we are riding the subway, I ask, “What are the reasons you picked me to watch Sam?”
    有一天,在我们乘坐地铁时,我问:"是什么原因让你选择我来照看山姆?"

6. In Manhattan the subway station was the basement of his office building, and he would not have to go outside again until we met him in Brooklyn on his way home.
    曼哈顿的地铁站正是他们办公楼的地下室, 他不用出站。下班回家时,我们会去布鲁克林的地铁站口接他。

7. In Berkeley, California, the city's Community Memory Project has placed computer terminals in public buildings and subway stations, where a message can be sent for 25 cents.
    在加利福尼亚的伯克利,"社区存储器项目"已在公共建筑物和地铁站里安装了电脑终端,花25美分就可发送信息。

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