lane

lane
noun
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. (proverb)nothing goes on forever; change is inevitable
    (谚)路必有弯,事必有转机
派生
laned
adjective
  1. [in combination]multi-laned motorways.
    多车道高速公路。
语源
  1. Old English, related to Dutch laan; of unknown ultimate origin
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