beltway
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/ˈbeltweɪ/
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/ˈbeltweɪ/
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」一詞通常用來描述大都市周圍的交通擁擠,例如有人說:「我在環城公路上堵了好幾個小時。」