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单词 by-road
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by-roadn.

Brit. /ˈbʌɪrəʊd/, U.S. /ˈbaɪˌroʊd/
Forms: Also 1700s–1800s bye-.
Etymology: < by- comb. form 2c(a)(ii), + road n.
A road which is not a main road; a side road which does not form the highway between towns or places of importance; an out-of-the-way, little-frequented road.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > minor road or side road
lateral1578
by-road1673
vicinal way or road1677
side road1691
cross-road1719
branch-road1831
feeder1855
secondary road1903
feeder road1959
1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 91 Choose when you travel, the By-Roads.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 45 Strolling wherever Chance led me, I was insensibly carried into a By-Road.
1743 R. Blair Grave 36 There's no By-road To Bliss.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 377 On byroads..goods were carried by long trains of pack-horses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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