| 单词 | rest area |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrest area rest area n. a place designated for rest; spec. (a) (Military) an area away from the front line in which soldiers can recuperate, carry out maintenance, etc.; (b) (North American) an area at the side of a road where vehicles may pull off the road and stop. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > lay-by rest area1916 pull-off1927 rest stop1930 lay-by1939 drive-off1940 pull-in1954 1916 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 18 Mar. 3/1 Japanese lanterns gave a soft glow to the rest areas under the balconies. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 41 Rest area, a district to which battalions, on leaving the danger zone, marched by long stages once a year for the purpose of polishing their brass work. a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) 18 Here we halted, having left the heavy squadrons of Shermans and Grants still in our rest area. 1976 G. V. Higgins Judgem. Deke Hunter ix. 86 The youth..stopped in a rest area..so that the subject could relieve himself. 1993 Day (New London, Connecticut) 27 Jan. a6/1 A Massachusetts couple was robbed and their car was stolen at gunpoint from a rest area off Interstate 95 Tuesday. < as lemmas |
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