喜樂美語

Picture a narrow strip hemmed in on both sides — a path just wide enough to pass along, with a hedge, a wall, or a painted line holding it in. Every meaning is that same bounded strip, whether it is dirt, tarmac, a running track, or an invisible route across the sea.

可以想成一條兩邊被夾住的窄帶——剛好夠通過的一條道，旁邊有樹籬、有牆、或畫了線把它框住。lane 的每個意思都是這條「被兩邊夾住的窄帶」，不管它是泥土路、柏油、跑道，還是海上一條看不見的航線。

From the word’s history

From Old English lanu 'a narrow hedged-in road', a common Germanic word for 'a passage between enclosing lines'. That fenced-in narrowness is exactly what has stayed constant through every modern sense.

來自古英語 lanu，意思是「兩旁有樹籬夾住的窄路」，是日耳曼語系裡的老字，核心比較像「被兩條邊界夾住的通道」。這種「被夾住的窄」正是所有現代意思一路保留下來的東西。

etymonline.com/word/lane; Wiktionary

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複數 lanes

意思相近

alleytraffic laneside streettrack laneback streetrunning lanepathroutetrackshipping routecountry roadflight path

意思相反

main roadavenuehighwaymotorway

原始詞典資料27 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Lanename/leɪn/

  • 1

    A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a lane.

  • 2

    A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] anglicised from various Irish surnames.

  • 3

    A male given name transferred from the surname.

  • 4

    A female given name.

  • 5

    A number of places in the United States:

  • 6

    A number of places in the United States:

  • 7

    A number of places in the United States:

  • 8

    A number of places in the United States:

另外 6 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A number of places in the United States:

  • 10

    A number of places in the United States:

  • 11

    A number of places in the United States:

  • 12

    A hamlet in Colan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8260).

  • 13

    A hamlet near Holme, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1005).

  • 14

    informalThe Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

    • It was a gala night at the Lane, with Charles Mathews coming over from Covent Garden […]

lanenoun/leɪn/

  • 1

    A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.

    • Penny Lane
  • 2

    A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.

    • There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.
    • Tell her how the IRA made you run like hell away / From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra.
  • 3

    A narrow road, as in the country.

  • 4

    A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.

    • Drivers should overtake in the outside lane
    • We were held up by a truck in the middle lane of the freeway.
  • 5

    athleticshobbieslifestyleA similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.

    • There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track.
  • 6

    hobbieslifestylesportsA similar division of a swimming pool using lines of coloured floats to keep swimmers apart.

    • a swimming lane
  • 7

    Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.

    • the checkout lanes in a supermarket
  • 8

    A course designated for ships or aircraft.

    • shipping lane
另外 5 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    bowlinghobbieslifestyleAn elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.

    • We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.
  • 10

    card-gamesgamesAn empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.

  • 11

    computingengineeringmathematicsAny of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.

  • 12

    video-gamesIn MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.

  • 13

    hobbieshorse-racinghorseracingThe home stretch.

    • And it's Uncle Mo in front by two as they come to the top of the lane.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。