motorway

Compared meaning: a wide road for fast travel between cities (noun).

比较义项：高速公路（名词）。

• motorway 本词

  British English term for a wide road connecting cities for fast travel; typically paired with British road vocabulary like 'junction', and rarely used in American English.

  英式英语中表示连接城市、供快速通行的宽阔公路的说法，常与路口编号等英式路网表达搭配使用，美式英语中很少使用。

  We joined the motorway at junction 12 and headed north for two hours.

  我们在12号路口驶上高速公路，然后向北开了两个小时。

• freeway

  American English term for a wide road with no traffic lights or intersections, allowing continuous high-speed travel; typically paired with American terms like 'exit'.

  美式英语中表示没有红绿灯或平面交叉、可持续高速通行的宽阔公路的说法，常与出口编号等美式路网表达搭配使用。

  He missed his exit on the freeway and had to drive five more miles to turn around.

  他错过了高速公路上的出口，只好多开五英里才能掉头。

Motorway and freeway both mean a wide road for fast travel. They differ mainly by region: motorway is British English, used with words like 'junction'; freeway is American English, used with words like 'exit', and stresses having no traffic lights.

这两个词在这个意义上都指供机动车高速通行的宽阔公路，意思非常接近，主要区别在于使用的英语地区：motorway 是英式英语说法，freeway 是美式英语说法。此外，freeway 更强调道路全程没有红绿灯或平面交叉，而 motorway 更泛指连接城市之间的快速道路。