a narrow road, especially in a rural area (尤指农村地区的)小路 she drove along the winding lane. 她沿着弯曲小路开车。 ■(in place names) a street in an urban area [用于地名]街,巷 Drury Lane. 特鲁里街。 ■(Astronomy)a dark streak or band which shows up against a bright background, especially in a spiral galaxy (天文)(尤指漩涡星系中的)暗条
a division of a road marked off with painted lines and intended to separate single lines of traffic according to speed or direction 车道 the car accelerated and moved into the outside lane. 汽车加速开到外车道上。 a bus lane. 公交车道。 ■each of a number of parallel strips of track or water for runners, rowers, or swimmers in a race (径赛、划船、游泳等比赛)赛道,泳道 she went into the final in lane three. 她进入决赛,在第三赛(泳)道。 ■a path or course prescribed for or regularly followed by ships or aircraft (飞机或轮船的)航线 the shipping lanes of the South Atlantic. 南大西洋海运航线。 ■(in tenpin bowling) a long narrow strip of floor down which the ball is bowled (保龄球)球道 ■(Biochemistry)each of a number of notional parallel strips in the gel of an electrophoresis plate, occupied by a single sample (生化)(电泳)泳道
常用词组 it's a long lane that has no turning
(proverb)nothing goes on forever; change is inevitable (谚)路必有弯,事必有转机
派生 laned adjective
[in combination]multi-laned motorways. 多车道高速公路。
语源
Old English, related to Dutch laan; of unknown ultimate origin