interstate
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
美 /ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/|/ˈɪnɚˌsteɪt/|[ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌsteɪ̯t]
英文释义
名词 n.
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A freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System.
— The speed-limit increase would not apply to Delaware, where the interstates are all near populated areas.
形容词 adj.
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Of, or relating to two or more states.
— interstate commerce
副词 adv.
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Crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).
— The truck driver drove interstate to unload.
词源
词源 1
From inter- + state, originally as an adjective only; the noun is by (ellipsis) from interstate highway. The noun also serves adjectivally as a (noun adjunct) in such collocations as interstate construction and interstate rest stops.
词源 2
From inter- + state, originally as an adjective only; the noun is by (ellipsis) from interstate highway. The noun also serves adjectivally as a (noun adjunct) in such collocations as interstate construction and interstate rest stops.
词源 3
From inter- + state, originally as an adjective only; the noun is by (ellipsis) from interstate highway. The noun also serves adjectivally as a (noun adjunct) in such collocations as interstate construction and interstate rest stops.
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