| 单词 | clover-leaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclover-leaf clover-leaf n. (a) a leaf of clover; (b) a system of intersecting roads from different levels, in form resembling the leaf of clover; frequently attributive. ΘΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > types of road junction clover-leaf1933 interchange1944 T-junction1954 Y junction1961 spaghetti1963 box junction1964 box1966 spaghetti junction1971 ring junction1972 gyratory1983 1933 National Geographic Mag. May 583/1 We thread our way first through the maze of underpasses, overpasses, ‘clover leaves’ and one-way roads that separates traffic at this busy junction point. 1937 Times 13 Apr. p. viii/1 For straight cross-roads where traffic is heavy and the amount of turning traffic considerable, the ‘clover-leaf’ type of bridge system used both in America and Germany would..justify the expense. 1939 Archit. Rev. 86 58 The clover-leaf junction of Grand Central Parkway and Horace Harding Boulevard. 1951 Amer. Speech 26 207/2 In Nebraska..a similar intersection..in which vehicles turn to the right in a nearly complete circle, this to make safely a right angle turn, is termed the cloverleaf. 1957 Listener 26 Sept. 469/1 Their parkways and clover leaves, their elaborate systems of traffic circulation. < as lemmas |
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