[N-COUNT 可数名词]地铁 A subway is an underground railway.
[oft N n]
[mainly AM 主美]
...the Bay Area Rapid Transit subway system...
旧金山海湾地区地铁捷运系统
I don't ride the subway late at night.
我深夜不坐地铁。
in BRIT, usually 英国英语通常用 underground, tube
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](穿越马路、铁路的)地下通道,地下人行道 A subway is a passage underneath a busy road or a railway track for people to walk through.
[BRIT 英]
The majority of us feel worried if we walk through a subway.
大多数人在走地下通道时都感到害怕。
in AM, use 美国英语用 underpass
Oxford
sub·way/ˈsʌbweɪ; NAmEˈsʌbweɪ/noun _trains_comp.jpg _underground.jpg 1( NAmE) an underground railway/railroad system in a city 地下铁道;地铁交通◆the New York subway纽约地铁◆a subway station/train地铁站╱列车◆a downtown subway stop闹市区的地铁站◆to ride/take the subway乘地铁☞note at
underground
2( BrE) a path that goes under a road, etc. which people can use to cross to the other side (穿越马路等的)地下人行道SYN
underpass
subwaysubwayssub·way/ˈsʌbweɪ; NAmEˈsʌbweɪ/
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subwaysub‧way /ˈsʌbweɪ/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1American English a railway system that runs under the ground below a big citySYN underground British English: the New York City subway a crowded subway station Boston has the oldest subway system in the US.2 British English a path for people to walk under a road or railwaySYN underpassTHESAURUSthe subway American English the railway system that runs under the ground below a big city. British people use the underground when talking about the railway system in London, and many systems outside the US: · the New York subway· We got on the next subway train.the underground British English the railway system that runs under the ground below a big city: · the London underground· an underground map· It’s quickest to travel by underground.the tube British English informal the railway system that runs under London: · We took the tube to Trafalgar Square.· a crowded tube trainthe metro used especially to talk about the railway system that runs under Paris. Also used about some other city’s systems, for example Moscow, Washington DC and Newcastle: · the Paris Metro· Moscow’s metro stations
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