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by-road
noun[ C ]
mainly UK(alsobyroad)uk /ˈbaɪ.rəʊd/ us /ˈbaɪ.roʊd/
a small road that not many cars or people travel on: 偏僻小路
Many of the by-roads in this area may well have been used in Roman times.
This byroad was formerly the main highway; it is now little used other than by a few local farmsteads.
Synonym
byway
Most of these curious little by-roads and lanes developed in Saxon times.
The iron bridge was built in 1824 to carry a by-road across the river.
I pictured a 1950s-style diner, on a dusty byroad somewhere in West Texas.
From the A683 a byroad leads into the pleasant village of Barbon.
The by-roads connecting the villages pass either over or under the motorway.
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