實體的路（本義）
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road (surface for travel) · noun · A1
A hard, flat surface built for cars, buses, bikes, people, and animals to travel on, especially between two places.
道路；馬路
Hold one picture: a road is a hard, flat strip built to travel along, linking one place to another. Everything else is this strip used as a picture. Because a road carries you from here to there, 'on the road' = travelling along it, and the road becomes the way toward a goal ('on the road to recovery'). Because a road is a chosen route, 'go down that road' = pick a course of action, and 'down the road' = further along in time. Even 'one for the road' and 'road to Damascus' lean on the same journey image.
可以想成：road 是一條鋪得平平硬硬、專門用來通行的帶子，把一個地方接到另一個地方。後面所有意思都是把這條帶子拿來當畫面。因為路把你從這裡帶到那裡，on the road 就是「在路上趕路」，路也就成了通往目標的途徑（on the road to recovery 走在康復路上）。因為路是一條選定的走法，go down that road 就是「採取某種做法」，down the road 則是「時間上往後一段」。連「上路前最後一杯」和「信念大轉變」也都靠這個旅程的畫面。
Four branches
在路上·趕路途中
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on the road (travelling) · noun · A1
If you are on the road, you are travelling in a car or other vehicle, especially over a long distance.
在旅途中；趕路中
通往目標的途徑·選定的走法
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on the road to something · noun · A1
If you are on the road to something, you are on the way to reaching it and will achieve it or reach it soon.
通往（某目標）的路
與路相關的固定說法
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one for the road · noun · A1
One for the road is a last drink that an adult has just before leaving a party or a get-together.
（離開前的）最後一杯
原始詞典資料14 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。
roadnoun/ɾoːɖ/
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A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
- In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
- I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for.
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Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
- We travelled to the seaside by road.
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datedA physical way or route.
- He stirred up his hair with his sprightliest expression, glanced at the little figure again, said ‘Good evening, ma ‘am; don’t come down, Mrs Affery, I know the road to the door,’ and steamed out.
- Hetty and Mrs. Piper watched them with a lynx-eyed understanding and before the ancient was well upon his road his way was blocked by Hetty.
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A path chosen, as in life or career.
- the road to happiness; the road to success.
- Where, then, is the road to peace?
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An underground tunnel in a mine.
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archaicrail-transportrailwaystransportA railroad.
- [in 1846 or 1847, Davis K. Carter said,] ["]I have come to deal in practical matters, and to serve notice on you, gentlemen, that we out west, comprising the backbone, not only of Ohio but of the western continent, mean business. A road is to be built from this city [Pittsburgh], through Massillon to Chicago, and in its construction you must either fish or cut bait; now take your choice.["] The Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad was finally begun through the activities of business men from Pennsylvania and Ohio, who attended a great meeting held at Massillon in November, 1847. It was completed as far as Massillon, in 1853.
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rail-transportrailwaystransportA single railroad track (railway track).
- The new depot, on which work started in May, 1956, has three reception roads leading to 13 sidings capable of taking 25 trains, a 450 ft.-long car examination shed with nine roads, a lifting shop with two roads and three permanent way sidings.
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obsoleteThe act of riding on horseback.
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obsoleteA hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
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nauticaltransportA partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
- Antonio: Sweet lady, you have given me life and living; / For here I read for certain that my ships / Are safely come to road.
- There delivering their fraught, they went to Scandaroone; rather to view what ships was in the Roade, than any thing else […].
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obsoleteA journey, or stage of a journey.
- At last, with easy roads, he came to Leicester; / Lodg'd in the abbey, where the reverend abbot, / With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him; […]
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ball-gamescricketgamesA hard, flat pitch, typically favourable for batters.
roadadj/ɾoːɖ/
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hobbieslifestylesportsAt the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
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cyclinghobbieslifestyleOf or pertaining to a road bike.
- road tires
- road groupset
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。