| 单词 | pathway |
| 释义 | pathway (once / 995 pages) n A pathway is a trail or other walkway. Hikers often follow a well-worn pathway as they walk through the woods. Use the noun pathway to mean a walk, path, or trail — any marked way that's meant or used for walking. The pathway you follow on your way to school might lead you over a stream and through a field, or it might meander down a narrow city alley. Pathway is essentially a longer, redundant way to say "path," and in fact it comes from path and its Old English root pæþ, "path or track," which has a Germanic origin. WORD FAMILYpathway: pathways USAGE EXAMPLESThis is partly because it stimulates multiple biochemical pathways, which may account for its wide range of effects. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Cancer often evades detection inside the body by disguising itself with pathways called “immune checkpoints.” Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Two career and technical education pathways were launched this fall, with plans to add three more next year. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n a trodden path Syn|Hyper footpath path a way especially designed for a particular use 2n a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain Syn|Hypo|Hyper nerve pathway, nerve tract, tract optic radiation, radiatio optica a nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex commissurea bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord cerebral peduncle, pedunclea bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain corpus callosuma broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres substantia alba, white matter whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths |
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