English Dictionary

byway

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbaɪweɪ/

名詞

広義

a road or track not following a main route; a minor road or path. / a road that is not frequently travelled. / (by extension) a little-known or arcane field of study or detail.

日本語の意味

主要な道路から外れた、副次的な道、脇道 / あまり利用されない道路または小道 / 転じて、あまり知られていないまたは専門的な分野

We turned off the main road onto a quiet byway that wound through the farmland.

私たちは幹線道路をそれて、農地の間をくねくねと進む静かな脇道に入りました。

意味（1）

a road or track not following a main route; a minor road or path.

意味（2）

a road that is not frequently travelled.

意味（3）

(by extension) a little-known or arcane field of study or detail.

Though his account of written communication over the past 5,000 years necessarily has a powerful forward momentum, his diversions down the fascinating byways of the subject are irresistible ...

byways （ plural ）