| 单词 | traffic circle |
| 释义 | > as lemmastraffic circle traffic circle n. chiefly North American and South African a junction of several roads consisting of a central (usually circular) island around which traffic moves in one direction; = rotary n. 3.roundabout is the usual term in British and Irish English for a junction of this kind; see roundabout n. 8 and the note at that sense.North American traffic circles are typically larger than junctions of the type found in Europe, and are much less common. From the end of the 20th cent. onwards, smaller junctions of the type common in Europe have been introduced in North America; these are generally referred to as modern roundabouts (see modern roundabout n. at modern adj. and n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > types of road junction > roundabout circus1898 rond-point1903 rotonda1908 traffic circle1914 roundabout1926 rotary1940 gyratory1983 modern roundabout1987 1914 N.Y. Times 6 Sept. vi. 8/5 Vehicles coming east through Fifty-seventh Street will bear to the right and swing around into the traffic circle which has the isle of safety for its centre. 1970 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 28 Feb. 7/5 When South Africans say ‘traffic circle’ for the Englishman's ‘roundabout’, they give precision to the language. 2019 Reading (Pa.) Eagle (Nexis) 12 July Truck traffic was being diverted at the intersection of Route 73 and at the traffic circle of Moselem Springs Road. < as lemmas |
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