superhighwayn.

Brit.

/ˈsuːpəˌhʌɪweɪ/,

/ˈsjuːpəˌhʌɪweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈsupərˌhaɪˌweɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, highway n.

Etymology: < super- prefix + highway n.

1. North American. A wide main road with controlled access, esp. a dual carriageway, for high-speed traffic; a motorway. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > for fast motor traffic

speedway1903

motorway1906

superhighway1924

freeway1926

expresswayc1938

throughway1942

1924 Record-Eagle (Traverse City, Mich.) 18 Apr. 5/1 (heading) Wayne plans for super-highways. Still wider concrete roads, with no crossing delays.

1949 Word Study May 1/2 A superhighway toward..success.

1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake xiii. 799 She found Route 2, which took her to Route 695, the superhighway circumnavigating Baltimore.

1998 Ancestry Sept. 50/1 Most of us have had the experience..of finding a familiar road cut off to make way for a superhighway or a new shopping mall.

2. Computing and Telecommunications. A route or network for the high-speed transfer of information. Cf. information superhighway n. at information n. Compounds 2, highway n. 5b.

ΚΠ

1971 Brit. Patent 1,229,864 1/1 Each group being served by an x bit parallel receive superhighway.

1981 N.Y. Times 8 Mar. iii. 8/4 His three sponsors want to build a communications network in space, a ‘super highway’.. to carry electronic mail, computer data, television images and telephone conversations.

1993 Electronic House Dec. 49/3 How does DirecTv/USSB compare with the much-talked-about future 500-channel fiber-optic superhighway?

2001 Business Times Singapore (Nexis) 8 Mar. 12 Our cellular superhighways are getting smoother.

2010 C. Sandler Laptops All-in-One for Dummies i. iii. 43 The CPU has to be matched with a fast bus (a superhighway of wires) that can move data around the machine quickly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	superhighway
释义	superhighwayn. Brit. /ˈsuːpəˌhʌɪweɪ/, /ˈsjuːpəˌhʌɪweɪ/, U.S. /ˈsupərˌhaɪˌweɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, highway n. Etymology: < super- prefix + highway n. 1. North American. A wide main road with controlled access, esp. a dual carriageway, for high-speed traffic; a motorway. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > for fast motor traffic speedway1903 motorway1906 superhighway1924 freeway1926 expresswayc1938 throughway1942 1924 Record-Eagle (Traverse City, Mich.) 18 Apr. 5/1 (heading) Wayne plans for super-highways. Still wider concrete roads, with no crossing delays. 1949 Word Study May 1/2 A superhighway toward..success. 1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake xiii. 799 She found Route 2, which took her to Route 695, the superhighway circumnavigating Baltimore. 1998 Ancestry Sept. 50/1 Most of us have had the experience..of finding a familiar road cut off to make way for a superhighway or a new shopping mall. 2. Computing and Telecommunications. A route or network for the high-speed transfer of information. Cf. information superhighway n. at information n. Compounds 2, highway n. 5b. ΚΠ 1971 Brit. Patent 1,229,864 1/1 Each group being served by an x bit parallel receive superhighway. 1981 N.Y. Times 8 Mar. iii. 8/4 His three sponsors want to build a communications network in space, a ‘super highway’.. to carry electronic mail, computer data, television images and telephone conversations. 1993 Electronic House Dec. 49/3 How does DirecTv/USSB compare with the much-talked-about future 500-channel fiber-optic superhighway? 2001 Business Times Singapore (Nexis) 8 Mar. 12 Our cellular superhighways are getting smoother. 2010 C. Sandler Laptops All-in-One for Dummies i. iii. 43 The CPU has to be matched with a fast bus (a superhighway of wires) that can move data around the machine quickly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1924
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