road, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

road (roads plural )

1 n-count A road is a long piece of hard ground which is built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one place to the other.
oft in names, also by N
There was very little traffic on the roads..., We just go straight up the Bristol Road..., Buses carry 30 per cent of those travelling by road..., ...road accidents...

2 n-count The road to a particular result is the means of achieving it or the process of achieving it.
usu sing, N to n
We are bound to see some ups and downs along the road to recovery.

3 If you hit the road, you set out on a journey.
INFORMAL
♦ hit the road phrase V inflects
I was relieved to get back in the car and hit the road again.

4 If you are on the road, you are going on a long journey or a series of journeys by road.
♦ on the road phrase usu v-link PHR
He hoped to get a new truck and go back on the road.

5 If you say that someone is on the road to something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it.
♦ on the road phrase usu PHR after v, PHR to n
The government took another step on the road to political reform.

6
→ the end of the road
→ end