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词汇 rat-run
释义 rat run
noun[ C ]
UKuk /ˈræt ˌrʌn/ us /ˈræt ˌrʌn/
a small road that is used by a lot of drivers who are trying to avoid traffic on larger roads: (司机为避开大路上的交通拥堵而走的)小路,小街
The road through our village has become a rat run for commuters trying to avoid delays on the A14.驾车上下班的人们为了避开 A14 大道的交通阻塞,纷纷穿过我们村的这条小路绕行。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Roads: rural & suburban
back road
beltway
boreen
by-road
bypass
dirt road
dirt track
feeder
highway
main road
orbital road
relief road
ring road
service road
the highways and bywaysidiom
thoroughfare
through route
through traffic
throughway
thruway

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Residential streets are used as rat runs by people trying to avoid congestion, but they pile up problems in their wake.
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Action must be taken to stop heavy lorries using country lanes as rat runs.
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It is a road scheme for people using my constituency as a ratrun.
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In any case, the road is a ratrun and the limit is never protected.
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Because of the crowding of traffic on that road, there is now what one can call a ratrun.
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It has been impossible to obtain an agreement on what to do to stop the turn being used as a ratrun.
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Unfortunately, many cars had found a ratrun and were making their way down a steep hill.
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If it is not a ratrun, it is a tempting run, through which people drive their vehicles too fast.
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The danger to pedestrians also increases as people try to escape down any possible ratrun.
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However, it is used as a so-called ratrun between the main roads, and the speed limit is widely ignored.
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A rather canny motorist discovered that this was a ratrun that enabled him to avoid the traffic on the main road.
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The response of a local authority to a newly created ratrun is likely to be environmental measures to slow down the traffic and restraints to limit it.
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The inevitable result is that we will see more traffic filtering through every highway and byway and every rural lane, using every ratrun available throughout the county.
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If a lot of vehicles are sent down a road because it happens to be somewhat more empty than others, it might become a new ratrun.
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The ratrun, as it is termed, removes the large bulk of humanity from the world, effectively ending the current civilization.
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