问:park 有两个意思,一是“公园”,二是“停车”,way 道路的意思,那么 parkway
究竟是“公园大道”,还是“停车道”?
答:在回答问题之前,先来看一句英语绕口令:“We drive on the parkway and park
on the driveway!”。这个绕口令怎么译? 这里关键是要明白 parkway 与 driveway
的意思。
Cambridge Dictionary 给 parkway 的注释是:a wide road, usually divided, with an
area of grass and trees on both sides or/and in the middle.
上面是一张典型的 parkway 图片。parkway 是指绿化程度很高的高速公路,行驶其间犹
如置身公园美景,因此称之“公园大道”。 随着社会经济的发展,许多城市道路也建成
parkway,称之“绿化大道”或“林荫大道”。
driveway 的英语注释是:A driveway is a type of private road for local access to one
or a small group of structures, and is owned and maintained by an individual or
group. (driveway 指一段通往个人或团体建筑物的道路,通常由私人或团体拥有和维
护。) 可见 driveway 是从私人住宅或团体建筑物通往主干道的“行车道”。为了方便起
见,或因车库车位紧缺,驾驶员常常将汽车停在“行车道”上。
A driveway leading to the house
We drive on the parkway and park on the driveway!。 这句英语绕口令利用 drive,
parkway 和 park, driveway 来打趣,因此,从打趣绕口的意义上,这句英语绕口令的本
意是:我们在停车用的道上开车,在开车用的道上停车!其真正含义是:我们在公园大道
开车,在通往主干道的上车道停车。
例句:
Why do you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?
你为什么在林荫道上开车,而在行车道上停车?
Well , the most popular part of town is out near the Parkway.
城里最受欢迎的地方是公园大道附近。
The camp rented a school bus and drove them home north along the Blue Ridge
Parkway.
营地租了一辆校车,沿着蓝岭公园路向北送他们回家。
Parks and parkways weakened the social barriers of the industrial city.
公园和公园道路削弱了工业城市的社会壁垒。
A sticky September snow coats the Icefields Parkway in Alberta's Jasper National
Park.
一场九月的大雪覆盖了阿尔伯塔省贾斯珀国家公园的冰原大道。
A sudden glare of headlights lit the driveway.
突然的车灯的强光照亮了车道。
She backed out of the driveway.
她把车倒出车道。
You can't park here, you're obstructing my driveway.
你不能停在这里,你挡住我的车道了。
He pulled into the driveway in front of her garage.
他把车停在她家车库前的车道上。
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