turnpike
turnpike 英 ['tɜːnpaɪk] 美 ['tɝn'paɪk]
n. [税收] 收费高速公路；收税关卡
名词复数:turnpikes
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- n. [税收] 收费高速公路；收税关卡
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1. We're on the turnpike.just two miles from downtown.
我们就在高速公路上——离市区只有两英里。
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2. Similar results were achieved in Finland and on the New Jersey turnpike.
在芬兰和新泽西收费公路得出类似的结果。
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3. But how does this help me when someone cuts me off on the New Jersey turnpike?
但当有人突然在我们通往新泽西州的收费公路上被阻挡了，这有什么帮助呢？
- 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).
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