beltway

🇺🇸 /ˈbeltweɪ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbeltweɪ/
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A highway that encircles a city or town, often used as a metaphor for the political insiders of a country's capital.

The term 'beltway' is often used to describe the traffic congestion around a major city, like when someone says, 'I spent hours stuck in beltway traffic.'

‘beltway’一词通常用来描述大城市周围的交通拥堵,比如有人说:‘我在环形公路上堵车好几个小时。’

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n. 环形公路

词形变化

Plural beltways