| 单词 | capital beltway |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCapital Beltway 1. A main road or highway that encircles a city or urban area. Chiefly (with the and usually with capital initial): spec. the Interstate 495, which surrounds Washington, D.C.; also more fully Capital Beltway.In Britain a road of this type is usually called a ring road.With quot. 1990, cf. inside (also within) the Beltway at Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in North America > Washington D.C. beltway1951 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > ring road or by-pass ring road1874 beltline1922 bypass1922 beltway1951 ringway1960 orbital1970 1951 Washington Post 6 Aug. 2 b/2 The estimated 40-million-dollar beltway would connect U. S. 1 on the southwest with U. S. 40 on the west. 1976 Washington Post 23 Jan. a14/4 Accidents are caused by drivers trying to avoid rock spillage..on the Beltway. 1988 M. Chabon Myst. Pittsburgh ix. 105 He knew its streets and crazed beltway system and suburbs. 1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger xxiii. 476 He drove around the inner loop of the Capital Beltway. 1990 J. Nance Final Approach xxi. 347 Friday traffic was always terrible inside the Beltway, but given a little snow and slush to spice things up, it became a nightmare. 2016 Internat. N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 Apr. 4 Near the beltway, however, the police had blocked the road with a vehicle. < as lemmas |
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