subway

英['sʌbweɪ] 美['sʌbwe]
  • n. 地铁;地道
  • vi. 乘地铁

词态变化


复数: subways;

中文词源


subway 地铁

sub-,在下,way,道路。引申词义地铁。

英文词源


subway (n.)
1825, "underground passage" (for water pipes or pedestrians, later for electrical wires), from sub- + way (n.). The sense of "underground railway in a city" is first recorded 1892, in reference to London.

双语例句


1. The majority of us feel worried if we walk through a subway.
大多数人在走地下通道时都感到害怕。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A 15-year-old girl was attacked at knifepoint in a subway.
一名15岁的女孩在地铁里遭持刀袭击。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Steps lead down to the subway from the upstream side.
上游那边有台阶通向地铁。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The subway was covered in graffiti.
过街地道里涂满了乱七八糟的图画和文字。

来自《权威词典》

5. the New York subway
纽约地铁

来自《权威词典》