road

Senso

Noun

1. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
2. Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
3. A physical way or route.
4. A path chosen, as in life or career.
5. An underground tunnel in a mine.
6. A railway or (UK, rail transport) a single railway track.
7. (obsolete) The act of riding on horseback.
8. (obsolete) A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
9. A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
10. (obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.

Adj

1. At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
2. Of or pertaining to a road bike.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɹəʊd/

Etimologia

From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English rād (“riding, hostile incursion”), from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raidō (“a ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride”). Doublet of raid, acquired from Scots, and West Frisian reed (paved trail/road, driveway).
The current primary meaning of "street, way for traveling" originated relatively late—Shakespeare seemed to expect his audiences to find it unfamiliar—and probably arose through reinterpretation of roadway "a way for riding on" as saying "way" twice, in other words as a tautological compound.

Frasi

The road is blocked .

La strada è bloccata.

Two women riding their bicycles along a dirt road .

Due donne che cavalcano le loro biciclette lungo una strada sterrata.

Taking part in road traffic is potentially dangerous after donating blood .

Prendere parte nel traffico stradale è potenzialmente pericoloso dopo aver donato sangue.

It was no more exciting than an overturned carriage or a tree blown across the road .

Non era più eccitante di una carrozza rovesciata o di un albero soffiato dall'altra parte della strada.

He practices road cycling and track cycling .

Pratica il ciclismo su strada e il ciclismo.