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单词 causeway
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cause•way /ˈkɔzˌweɪ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Civil Engineeringa raised road, as over a body of water.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cause•way  (kôz′wā′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Civil Engineeringa raised road or path, as across low or wet ground.
  2. Civil Engineeringa highway or paved way.

v.t. 
  1. Civil Engineeringto pave (a road or street) with cobblestones or pebbles.
  2. Civil Engineeringto provide with a causeway.
  • 1400–50; late Middle English; see causey, way

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
causeway /ˈkɔːzˌweɪ/ n
  1. a raised path or road crossing water, marshland, sand, etc
  2. a paved footpath
Etymology: 15th Century cauciwey (from cauci + way); cauci paved road, from Medieval Latin (via) calciāta, calciātus paved with limestone, from Latin calx limestone
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