| 单词 | interstate |
| 释义 | interstate (once / 2091 pages) adjn If something is interstate, it happens between different U.S. states. For example, you can drive on Interstate 80 from downtown San Francisco, California to Teaneck, New Jersey. Yep, that's a trip. If you're driving from Rhode Island to Illinois, you can call it interstate travel, or an interstate road trip — you're going from state to state. An interstate highway connects different states together, like I-95, which is an east coast interstate highway that stretches from Maine to Florida. For short, you can call a road like this an interstate. This 20th century word combines inter-, "between," and state. WORD FAMILYinterstate: interstates+/misstate: misstated, misstatement, misstates, misstating/misstatement: misstatements/overstate: overstated, overstatement, overstates, overstating/overstatement: overstatements/restate: restated, restatement, restates, restating/restatement: restatements/state: interstate, intrastate, misstate, overstate, restate, stated, stateless, statement, stater, states, stating, understate/stated: statedly, unstated/statement: statements/stater: staters/understate: understated, understatement, understates, understating/understated: understatedly/understatement: understatements USAGE EXAMPLESAccording to the report, the pileup happened when six vehicles slowed on the interstate because of another accident. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) All oversize trucks exceeding 11 feet wide must use the posted detour route, which bypasses 11 miles of interstate. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) We were able to get on Interstates 94 and 69 in Port Huron without wondering where construction detours would lead us this time. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States Interstate Highway Commission interstate highways Interstate Commerce Commission interstate commerce Ant intrastate relating to or existing within the boundaries of a state 2n one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States Syn|Hyper interstate highway highway, main road a major road for any form of motor transport |
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