causeway

英['k??zwe?] 美['k?zwe]

反義詞

復數:?causeways;

causeway 堤道

來自詞根calc, 石子，石灰，詞源同calculate, chalk. 指用石子或石灰鋪的路。

causeway: causeway: [15] Etymologically, a causeway is a road paved with limestone. In late Middle English, the word was causey way, causey coming via Anglo-Norman *cauce from Vulgar Latin *calciāta, an adjective derived from Latin calx ‘limestone’ (source also of English chalk, calcium, and calculate). The simple form causey ‘causeway, path’ survived dialectally well into the 20th century, and its French relative chausée, ‘road’ is still very much alive.
=> calcium, calculate, chalk
causeway (n.): 1570s, from Middle English cauceweye "raised road" (mid-15c.), first element from Anglo-French cauce, Old North French cauciee (12c., Modern French chaussée), from Vulgar Latin *via calciata "paved way," from Latin calcis, genitive of calx (2) "limestone," or Late Latin calciare "to stamp with the heels, tread" (on notion of a road or mound across marshy ground made firm by treading down), from Latin calx (1) "heel." For second element, see way (n.).

1. The causeway to the island is only accessible at low tide.: 通往該島的堤道只有在枯潮時才能通行。

3. " They shot Sonny on the causeway, " Hagen said. " He's dead. ": “ 人家在堤道上向桑兒開槍, ” 黑根說, “ 他給打死了.

4. The causeway was badly lit, there was not a single car.: 堤道上的燈光照明很糟糕, 連一輛汽車也沒有.

5. They went forward as briskly as they could on the uneven causeway.: 他們用盡可能快的速度,在高低不平的堤上繼續前進.