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take the turnpike
指选择行驶在收费高速公路上。
We took the turnpike to avoid the traffic on the local roads.
我们走了收费高速以避开地方道路的拥堵。
收费高速公路；收费公路
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
收费高速公路；收费公路
an expressway on which tolls are collected
We took the turnpike to avoid the traffic on the local roads.
我们走了收费高速以避开地方道路的拥堵。
A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms.
A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid.
A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval de frise.
A trajectory on a finite time interval that satisfies an optimality criterion which is associated with a cost function.
We took the turnpike to the city center because it was faster than the local roads.
我们走收费高速公路去市中心，因为比普通道路快。
Traffic was heavy on the turnpike, so we stopped at a service area for coffee.
收费高速公路上车流量很大，所以我们停在服务区喝咖啡。
Many turnpikes require drivers to pay a toll before they leave the highway.
许多收费高速公路要求司机在驶离公路前缴费。
指选择行驶在收费高速公路上。
We took the turnpike to avoid the traffic on the local roads.
我们走了收费高速以避开地方道路的拥堵。
用于描述在收费公路上的行驶行为。
He was driving on the turnpike when the accident happened.
事故发生时他正行驶在收费高速公路上。
此处turnpike指历史意义的收税栅门。
In colonial times, travelers had to pay at the turnpike before proceeding.
在殖民时代，旅行者必须先在收税关卡付费才能继续前进。
Not this
The turnpike is five dollars.
Use this
The toll is five dollars.
turnpike 指收费公路或收税棚，不是“过路费”；表示需要交的钱要用 toll。汉语中“收费公路”和“过路费”容易混淆，导致误用路名代替费用。
Not this
Let's take a turnpike to save money on tolls.
Use this
Let's take a highway to save money on tolls.
turnpike 本身就表示收费公路，走它必然要交过路费；想省钱应走不收费的普通公路（highway/freeway），否则语义矛盾。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
收费公路
The old turnpike road is now a scenic route.
这条老收费公路现在是一条风景路线。
收税栅；收费关卡
The carriage halted at the turnpike gate to pay the toll.
马车在收费关卡前停下缴纳通行费。
收费公路信托机构
Turnpike trusts built most of Britain's major roads in the 18th century.
收费公路信托机构修建了18世纪英国大部分主要道路。
新泽西收费高速公路
We took the New Jersey Turnpike to reach New York.
我们走新泽西收费高速公路到达纽约。
收费公路通行费
Drivers pay a turnpike toll at the plaza.
司机们在收费广场缴纳公路通行费。
数着新泽西收费公路上的汽车
In Simon & Garfunkel's 'America,' the narrator counts cars on the New Jersey Turnpike.
在西蒙和加芬克尔的《美国》中，叙述者在新泽西收费公路上数汽车。
Use turnpike naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象开车上高速，路障横杆（pike）转（turn）过来拦住你，交费才能过——turnpike就是收费高速公路。
语域：neutral 常见场景：路名/公路标识、交通报道、旅游指南 现代英语中通常指收费高速公路，多用于路名、交通报道或旅游指南等正式但常见的语境；旧义“收税栅”多出现在历史叙述中。日常口语也会使用，但不算俚语。
bike、hike、like、pike、spike 都以 -ike 结尾，与 turnpike 的 -pike 部分押 /aɪk/ 韵；turn 与第一个音节 /tɜːrn/ 发音一致。注意 turnkey 拼写相似，但读作 /ˈtɜːrn.kiː/，不押韵。
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