| 单词 | road board |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad board road board n. †(a) a signboard on a road indicating direction (in quot. in figurative context) (obsolete); (b) (originally Australian) an official body responsible for the construction and administration of a road or roads, esp. in a particular region. Π 1782 W. Stevenson Candid Animadversions p. iii The eye of science should ever be looking forward, regardless of the road-boards on each hand, directing to this and the other place to stop at. 1856 W. H. G. Kingston Emigrant's Home 170 A letter to the Road Board, offering to construct the bridges at £60 each. 1865 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser 27 Feb. 123/8 (heading) Meredith Road Board. 1915 Polit. Q. May 180 The Road Board..has restricted the grants to completing advances promised before the war. 2008 Grand Rapids Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 29 Dec. 3 County commissioners agreed to do so because they felt additional members would increase representation on the road board and make it more diverse. < as lemmas |
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