traffic circle

traffic circle

n. A circular one-way road at a junction of thoroughfares, facilitating an uninterrupted flow of traffic. Also called regionally rotary.

traffic circle

n (Automotive Engineering) US and Canadian a road junction in which traffic streams circulate around a central island. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): roundabout

traf′fic cir`cle

n. a circular arrangement of an intersection of two or more roads in order to facilitate the passage of vehicles from one road to another. Also called rotary; Brit., roundabout. [1945–50]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

traffic circle - a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"rotary, roundabout, circlejunction - the place where two or more things come togetherroad, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

Translations

交通转盘

traffic circle

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