| 单词 | central reservation |
| 释义 | > as lemmascentral reservation central reservation n. see reservation n. 11. central reservation 11. Originally U.S. Usually more fully as central reservation. A strip of ground which divides the carriageways of a road (in later use usually a motorway or dual carriageway). Cf. reserve n. 5e. Now chiefly British.The more usual term in North America and elsewhere is median strip. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > dual carriageway > central reservation reservation1887 reserve1923 median1944 1887 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 16 Dec. 8/4 Greenleaf place, an avenue 80 feet wide with a 20-foot reservation in the center, bordered by ancient elm, sycamore, maple and oak trees. 1896 29th Ann. Rep. City Engin. Boston 130 The sidewalk will have a loamed space 5 feet in width next the roadway, and the central reservation will be loamed and grassed. 1934 Times 5 Dec. 11/4 The two new roads were put in hand before the desirability of dividing carriage-ways by central reservations became prominent. 1959 Highway Code 16 Do not reverse or turn in the carriageway or cross the central reservation. 1973 J. G. Ballard Crash ii. 19 Out of my control, the car crossed the reservation and turned up the high-speed exit ramp. 1994 Daily Tel. 6 Sept. 3/3 It hit a crash barrier in the central reservation of the dual carriageway and span over the top and into the path of a lorry. < as lemmas |
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