| 单词 | highway board |
| 释义 | > as lemmashighway board highway board n. (also with capital initials) now historical any of various official bodies responsible for the building and maintenance of public roads. ΚΠ 1824 Morning Post 23 Aug. 1/5 The Highway Board for Paving, Cleansing, Watching, and Lighting. 1925 E. R. A. Seligman Ess. in Econ. vi. 243 It is only in the last few decades that the turnpike trusts are giving way to the highway boards and that the public character is being restored. 2010 E. Jaffe King's Best Highway iii. x. 181 In the middle, state highway boards would actually manage road projects. < as lemmas |
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