| صيغ مركبة |
| access road n | US (slip road on a motorway) | طريق جانبي، مسلك |
| | The access road to the highway is actually a very long on-ramp. |
| access road n | UK (special, express route) | طريق سريع خاص |
| back road n | (country road, not a main route) | طريق فرعية |
| dirt road n | (unmade road, track) | طريق وعرة |
| | Main street is paved, but all the other streets are just dirt roads. |
| down the road adv | figurative, informal (in the future) | في المستقبل |
| | The newlyweds plan to have children down the road, maybe in 5 years or so. |
| down the road adv | literal (further along the street) | على طول الطريق |
| | This is number 17 Main Street; number 25 is down the road. |
| down the road adv | literal (along the street) | على طول الطريق |
| gravel road n | (path made up of small stones) | طريق مفروشة بالحصى |
| | This gravel road is only wide enough for one car. |
| hit the road vi | slang, figurative (leave, start a journey) | يغادر في رحلة |
| | We rose early and hit the road before 7.00 am. |
| main road n | (principal street) | الطريق الرئيسية |
| | Learner drivers usually practise on side streets before going on to the main roads. |
| middle of the road, middle-of-the-road n | literal (centre of a street) | منتصف الطريق |
| ملاحظة: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | The child froze in the middle of the street as the car sped towards him. |
| middle of the road, middle-of-the-road adj | figurative (average, mediocre) | متوسط |
| | The band abandoned their experimental tendencies for a middle-of-the-road sound in an effort to sell more records. |
| middle of the road, middle-of-the-road adj | (politics: not extreme) | معتدل |
| | His politics then were very middle-of-the-road; they became radical later. |
| off road adv | (on unmade terrain) | في الطريق الوعرة |
| | Four wheel drive cars are designed to be driven off road. |
| on the road adv | (travelling) | على الطريق، مساراً |
| | We will be on the road for days when we drive from New York to Los Angeles. |
| on the road adv | (on tour) | في نزهة |
| | She spends several months of the year on the road, touring with her band. |
| on the road adv | (on the way, on a path: to sth) | في الطريق إلى |
| | Eating less and exercising more has me on the road to losing weight. |
| on the road to prep | (heading for, destined for) | قاصداً كذا، متوجهاً إلى |
| | Are we on the road to Rome? |
| paved road n | (path of slabs or stones) | طريق معبّد |
| | After 3 kilometres, the paved road became a gravel one, which made cycling difficult. |
| ring road n | (motorway around a city) | طريق سريع حول المدينة |
| | The ring road around Washington D.C. is commonly known as the Beltway. |
| road block n | (barricade against traffic) | حاجز طريق |
| | The police have set up road blocks on all roads leading out of town. |
| road block n | (sb obstructing traffic) | عائق، حاجز معيق |
| | The protesters lay down in the street to act as a road block. |
| road hog n | figurative (driver who does not stay in lane) | سائق مستهتر، سائق أرعن |
| | I wish this truck would move into the proper lane - he's such a road hog. |
| road map n | literal (plan of roads for drivers) | خارطة طرق |
| road map n | figurative (plan of action) | خطة عمل |
| | The President explained his road map for the future of the economy. |
| | The team put together some ideas and came up with a road map for the project. |
| road rage n | informal (aggression while driving) | عنف السواقين |
| | I got road rage after the other driver took my parking place. |
| road sign n | (traffic notice) | إشارة طرق |
| | When driving you see many road signs to help indicate dangers, speed limits etc. |
| road test n | US (test of vehicle in actual use) | امتحان سواقة |
| | I failed the road test because I didn't signal that I was changing lanes. |
| road trip n | (journey in a car, bus, etc.) | رحلة في السيارة أو الحافلة |
| secondary road n | (arterial road) | طريق ثانوي |
| side road n | (small street leading off larger road) | طريق جانبي |
| toll road n | (highway for which a fee is charged) | طريق برسم مرور |
| | There are so many toll roads around the Orlando airport that you find yourself having to stop and search for change every 10 minutes! |
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