English-Thai Dictionary

Highways Department

N กรมทางหลวง  kron-tang-luang

 

highway

N ทางหลวง  ทาง สาย ใหญ่  ทางคมนาคม สาย สำคัญ  main artery main road tang-luang

 

highwayman

N โจร ที่ ดัก ปล้น ตาม ถนน  bandit brigand jon-ti-dak-plon-tam-ta-non

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HIGHWAY

n.A public road; a way open to all passengers; so called, either because it is a great or public road, or because the earth was raised to form a dry path. Highways open a communication from one city or town to another. 1. Course; road; train of action.

 

HIGHWAYMAN

n.One who robs on the public road, or lurks in the highway for the purpose of robbing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HIGHWAY

HIGHWAY High "way `, n.

 

Defn: A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.

 

Syn. -- Way; road; path; course.

 

HIGHWAYMAN

High "way `man, n.; pl. Highwaymen (.

 

Defn: One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

highway

high way |ˈhīˌwā ˈhaɪˌweɪ | ▶noun a main road, esp. one connecting major towns or cities: a six-lane highway | figurative : the highway to success. • another term for expressway. • (chiefly in official use ) a public road. • Computing a pathway connecting parts of one computer system or between different systems.

 

Highway Code

Highway Code (in the UK ) the official set of rules and guidance for road users.

 

highwayman

high way man |ˈhīˌwāmən ˈhaɪˌweɪmən | ▶noun ( pl. highwaymen ) historical a man, typically on horseback, who held up travelers at gunpoint in order to rob them.

 

Oxford Dictionary

highway

high |way |ˈhʌɪweɪ | ▶noun chiefly N. Amer. a main road, especially one connecting major towns or cities: a six-lane highway | figurative : the highway to success. • (chiefly in official use ) a public road: the Highways Department. • Computing a pathway connecting parts of one computer system or between different systems.

 

Highway Code

Highway Code (in the UK ) the official set of rules and guidance for road users.

 

highwayman

high ¦way |man |ˈhʌɪweɪmən | ▶noun ( pl. highwaymen ) historical a man, typically on horseback, who held up travellers at gunpoint in order to rob them.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

highway

highway noun we got off the highway in Litchfield: main road, main route; parkway, throughway, freeway, expressway, turnpike.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

highwayman

highwayman noun historical bandit, brigand, robber, outlaw, ruffian, desperado, plunderer, marauder, raider, ravager, pillager, freebooter, criminal, thug, gangster; Spanish bandolero, ladrone; Indian dacoit; informal, dated knight of the road, footpad, land-pirate, tobyman; archaic reaver, snaphance, thief errant; Scottish archaic mosstrooper.

 

Duden Dictionary

Highway

High way Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈha͜iweɪ |der Highway; Genitiv: des Highways, Plural: die Highways englisch highway a englische Bezeichnung für: Haupt-, Landstraße b amerikanische Bezeichnung für: Fernstraße

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

highway

high way /háɪwèɪ /〖原義は 2; high (公の )way (道 )〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 ｟主に米 ｠幹線道路 , 主要道路 ; (水陸の )主要交通路 (→road 1 ) (!日本語のハイウェイ (高速道路 )は ｟米 ｠ではfreeway, expressway, ｟英 ｠ではmotorwayという ) .2 ｟英 ｠〘法 〙公道 ▸ the public highway 公道 3 【目的などへ至る 】容易な道 , 近道 ; «…の » 常道 , 本筋 «to » ▸ the highway to success 成功への道, 出世街道 ▸ the highways to literature 文学の本筋 .H -̀ C ó de ｟英 ｠〖the ～〗交通規則集 .～̀ r ó bbery ｟米 くだけて ｠法外な値段を請求すること .

 

highwayman

h í gh w à y man 名詞 複 -men C ｟古 ｠(馬で公道に現れた )追いはぎ (｟男女共用 ｠(highway ) robber ).