| 释义 |
ˈsouthbound, a. (n.)
Also south-bound.
[f. south-1 + bound ppl. a.1]
A. adj.
1. Bound or directed southwards; travelling south.
1885H. M. Jackson Zeph. vi. 227, I am going on the south-bound train. 1960‘E. McBain’ Killer's Payoff ix. 88 A southbound trip that eventually led back to the city. 1976W. Greatorex Crossover 170 He ran wildly across the south-bound traffic. 1980K. Follett Key to Rebecca xxvi. 276 Southbound trains are less in demand.
2. Intended for traffic travelling south.
1971Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 1/5 Most of the pile-ups were on the southbound carriageway near the junction of the M1 and M10. 1980West Lancs. Even. Gaz. 1 Mar. 3 Sections of north and southbound carriageways of the M6 near Preston will be closed for at least four hours.
B. ellipt. as n. A southbound train.
1903‘O. Henry’ in Everybody's Mag. Feb. 173/1 Passengers on the south-bound saw them seated together. 1932W. Faulkner Light in August xv. 340 Folks..begun to come in and buy tickers for the southbound. |