turnpike

• n. [稅收] 收費高速公路；收稅關卡

turn,轉動，pike,矛，槍杆。比喻用法。

turnpike (n.)

early 15c., "spiked road barrier used for defense," from turn + pike (n.2) "shaft." Sense transferred to "horizontal cross of timber, turning on a vertical pin" (1540s), which were used to bar horses from foot roads. This led to the sense of "barrier to stop passage until a toll is paid" (1670s). Meaning "road with a toll gate" is from 1748, shortening of turnpike road (1745).

1. A lot of motels lie beside the turnpike.

很多汽車旅館都位於付費公路旁邊.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. You have to pay a toll to drive on a turnpike.

在收費公路上開車要繳通行稅.

來自辭典例句

3. A lot of cars passed through the turnpike at rush hours.

許多車在交通高峰時通過了高速公路.

來自辭典例句

4. We're on the turnpike. just two miles from downtown.

我們就在高速公路上——離市區隻有兩英裏.

來自互聯網

5. We drive the turnpike to work.

我們開車經過收費公路去上班.

來自互聯網