English Dictionary

motorway

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈməʊtəweɪ/

名詞

(In Europe, New Zealand and parts of Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each

日本語の意味

（ヨーロッパ、ニュージーランド、オーストラリアの一部などで用いられる）交差部がレベル交差ではなく、各方向に専用の車線（キャリッジウェイ）が設けられた、高速で走行する自動車専用の高速道路

We took the motorway at dawn to avoid the heavy commuter traffic.

私たちは通勤ラッシュの混雑を避けるため、夜明けに高速道路に入りました。

意味（1）

(In Europe, New Zealand and parts of Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each

All the R. R.'s of America will have to be furnished with a biking way and a motor way on each side of the rails.

意味（2）

(Chiefly in the U.S.) A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.

In December, track operators replaced the crushed rock with brick, earning the motorway the nickname, Brickyard.

motorways （ plural ）