| 词汇 | causeway |
| 释义 | causeway noun[ C ] uk /ˈkɔːz.weɪ/ us /ˈkɑːz.weɪ/ a raised path, especially across a wet area（尤指穿越湿地的）堤道，砌道 Rob Atherton/EyeEm/GettyImages Roads: pedestrian routes alley boardwalk breezeway bridle path car-free cart track esplanade holloway labyrinth ley line maze mazy nature strip nature trail paving stone pedestrianize piazza rail trail sidewalk switchback You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Geography: promontories & peninsulas In many places the soil, sodden with rain, was impracticable for cavalry and even for infantry, until trees had been felled and a rude causeway formed through the morass. She drove along the wide causeway by the riverside, and turned up the steep, narrow street. The bottom of this ravine was marshy, and the road crossed it by means of a causeway of earth and logs. These fields were crossed by a causeway which led to the village, but as it ran at an angle across them, those advancing upon it were exposed to the fire of the English front. Very early next morning we set out, following a long causeway raised through marshes. causeway | American Dictionarycauseway noun[ C ] us/ˈkɔzˌweɪ/ a raised road, esp. across water Examples of causewaycauseway However, the great length of the outer enclosures and the many causeways that crossed them surely precluded their use for defence against determined enemies. Several filtering techniques were employed to enhance causeways and other linear and curvilinear features. The reason for the functional differences between the causeways may have to do with their paths through these urban wards. In this network, contemporaneous architectural complexes are located at ends of linear causeways. We first discuss some of the field methods we employed to map and facilitate the discovery of previously unrecorded causeways at the site. It is unknown whether these features represent ancient causeways or canals or are due to recent landscape modification. The wall into which the inlet was built was discovered to be the north facade of an earlier version of the west causeway. The two barrows with middle bronze age cremations both have shallow ditches, interrupted by a causeway to the south. The fact that these vias sometimes connect non-elite residential groups to causeways demonstrates that these roads were utilized by society at large. The social functions that causeways serve can be seen in the binding of residential groups to other residential groups or to larger architectural complexes. Previously known causeways were located in the imagery and used as a training sample for data-extraction techniques. Intriguingly, this pattern of room use appears consistent through the rest of the causeway structures. Interestingly, when indicating the location of the now desiccated lagunas, the workman gestured toward the area of the platform and causeway. In one case, two small buildings lie to either side of a causeway, perhaps serving as check (control) points. Several causeways connect the architectural complexes in these settlements. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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