Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #18440
wayside
路旁
side of a road or path
- 1.
The side of a road or path.
路边；道路旁
- 2.
A rest area.
休息区
路边；道路旁；休息区
In use
We stopped the car at the wayside to enjoy the view of the valley.
The old house stood by the wayside, and many travelers stopped there for a rest.
Flowers bloomed along the wayside all the way to the village.
fall by the wayside
固定短语，字面为“倒在路边”，常用来比喻失败、不能坚持到底。
Many students fall by the wayside in the first year.
许多学生在第一年就半途而废。
along the wayside
名词 wayside 用于介词后，表示“路旁、路边”。
Wildflowers grew along the wayside.
野花沿路边生长。
wayside + noun
wayside 可作定语，相当于形容词“路旁的”。
They took a rest at a wayside inn.
他们在一家路边客栈休息。
Common mistakes
We had a picnic at wayside.We had a picnic at the wayside.
wayside 是可数名词，表示“路边”时前面需要限定词（如 the）；汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉，所以这里必须加 the。
Many students fell beside the wayside before the exam.Many students fell by the wayside before the exam.
fall by the wayside 是固定习语，意为“中途放弃/半途而废”，介词必须用 by，不能用表示具体位置的 beside。
Connections
Collocations
- fall by the wayside
- 半途而废；中途失败
- Many startup companies fall by the wayside within their first year.许多初创公司在第一年内就半途而废。
- by the wayside
- 在路边；在路旁
- We picnicked by the wayside on our drive to the coast.我们在去海边的路上，在路边野餐。
- wayside shrine
- 路边神龛
- Villagers light candles at the wayside shrine every evening.村民们每晚都在路边神龛前点蜡烛。
- wayside inn
- 路边客栈
- The travelers spent the night at a wayside inn.旅客们在一家路边客栈过夜。
- wayside station
- 路边小站
- The train stopped briefly at a small wayside station.火车在一个路边小站短暂停靠。
- wayside flower
Learner notes
Memory Tip
way 是路，side 是边，way + side = 路边。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：idiomatic phrase "fall by the wayside"、descriptive/literary writing about roads or travel wayside 多用于书面或描写性语境；最常见的是固定搭配 fall by the wayside（半途而废/被搁置）。表示“路旁的”时（如 wayside inn）也比较常见于文学或正式描写，口语中较少单独使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 wayside /ˈweɪsaɪd/ 押韵的是 dayside /ˈdeɪsaɪd/，重读元音 /eɪ/ 和其后的 /saɪd/ 相同。其他词只是拼写以 -side 结尾，读音不押韵：side /saɪd/ 元音是 /aɪ/；roadside /ˈroʊdsaɪd/、seaside /ˈsiːsaɪd/、countryside /ˈkʌntrisaɪd/ 的重读元音分别是 /oʊ/、/iː/、/ʌ/；inside /ˌɪnˈsaɪd/ 是后重读，元音也是 /aɪ/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.