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单词 Roman road
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Definition of Roman road in English:

Roman road

noun
  • A road built by the ancient Romans, typically paved and following a predominantly straight route.

    the A37 is, in fact, the modern descendant of Fosse Way—the Roman road from Bath to Ilchester, its straightness preserved in 20th-century tarmac
    Example sentencesExamples
    • All roads require repair; but while some Roman roads may never have had more than one road surface, many had around 10 surfaces.
    • Our choice was Allerthorpe, in the Vale of York, and a drive of a dozen miles from the city on one-time Roman road.
    • I soon passed the packhorse bridge, built in 1675 and close to the ford by which crossed the Roman road to Boroughbridge.
    • It is an interesting site and gives you a look at what the Roman roads through Cumbria used to be like.
    • Roman roads tended to be built higher than the level of earth around them - this, again, helped drainage.
    • At Langtoft in East Yorkshire, metal detectorists found two Roman coin hoards in pottery containers by the side of a former Roman road.
    • Even the run-down Roman roads which served England after a fashion petered out in Scotland.
    • One of the outstanding characteristics of Roman roads was they were more or less straight, without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
    • The other Roman road, which connected Manchester to Ribchester, is more famous.
    • Some Roman roads exist to this day, nearly 2000 years after they were made.
    • The growth of the area, like that of Bexleyheath, was tied up with Watling Street, the Roman road from London to Dover.
    • Medieval Britain inherited around 10,000 miles of Roman road, combined with an extensive network of trackways following less clearly defined routes.
    • Roads in medieval Britain often followed the line of Roman roads for substantial distances.
    • The site is along the Via Emilia, one of the most important Roman roads in Italy.
    • The Roman road was trod by the Army and peasants for five centuries and was probably used long after the Romans left Britain.
    • A second trench will allow archaeologists to investigate what is believed to be a Roman road.
    • Many people are pleased and proud to know that they live near a Roman road.
    • Another classic example of Rome's engineering skill has to be the numerous Roman roads that still exist all over western Europe.
    • A TEAM of Darwen archaeologist hope to dig up their past next month as they try to uncover an original Roman road.
    • The Fosse Way ran through what is now the south-east of the shire, meeting the Roman road from Dorchester to Exeter.
 
 

Definition of Roman road in US English:

Roman road

noun
  • A road built by the ancient Romans, typically paved and following a predominantly straight route.

    the Roman road crosses the camp, changing direction slightly as it leaves the east gate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The other Roman road, which connected Manchester to Ribchester, is more famous.
    • Some Roman roads exist to this day, nearly 2000 years after they were made.
    • The site is along the Via Emilia, one of the most important Roman roads in Italy.
    • Another classic example of Rome's engineering skill has to be the numerous Roman roads that still exist all over western Europe.
    • Many people are pleased and proud to know that they live near a Roman road.
    • The growth of the area, like that of Bexleyheath, was tied up with Watling Street, the Roman road from London to Dover.
    • Roman roads tended to be built higher than the level of earth around them - this, again, helped drainage.
    • The Fosse Way ran through what is now the south-east of the shire, meeting the Roman road from Dorchester to Exeter.
    • Our choice was Allerthorpe, in the Vale of York, and a drive of a dozen miles from the city on one-time Roman road.
    • Roads in medieval Britain often followed the line of Roman roads for substantial distances.
    • The Roman road was trod by the Army and peasants for five centuries and was probably used long after the Romans left Britain.
    • At Langtoft in East Yorkshire, metal detectorists found two Roman coin hoards in pottery containers by the side of a former Roman road.
    • It is an interesting site and gives you a look at what the Roman roads through Cumbria used to be like.
    • Even the run-down Roman roads which served England after a fashion petered out in Scotland.
    • I soon passed the packhorse bridge, built in 1675 and close to the ford by which crossed the Roman road to Boroughbridge.
    • A second trench will allow archaeologists to investigate what is believed to be a Roman road.
    • A TEAM of Darwen archaeologist hope to dig up their past next month as they try to uncover an original Roman road.
    • Medieval Britain inherited around 10,000 miles of Roman road, combined with an extensive network of trackways following less clearly defined routes.
    • One of the outstanding characteristics of Roman roads was they were more or less straight, without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
    • All roads require repair; but while some Roman roads may never have had more than one road surface, many had around 10 surfaces.
 
 
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