turnpikes
n.
公路,付费公路( turnpike的名词复数 );
(旧时的)收税关卡;
例句:
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Meanwhile, new parkways and turnpikes opened the suburbs to city dwellers.
来自NEWYORKER
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The workers who were employed building turnpikes and canals died like flies in the swamps.
那些受雇建公路和运河的工人在沼泽地区大批死去.
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Like canals and turnpikes, railroads received large amounts of government assistance in the early years.
同运河和公路一样, 政府在早期也大力支持修筑铁路.
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The immigrants were employed building turnpikes and canals, and they died like flies in the swamps.
移民们被招来修筑公路和运河, 他们在沼泽地区大批死去.