subway

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sub·way [subway subways] BrE [ˈsʌbweɪ] NAmE [ˈsʌbweɪ] noun
1. (NAmE)an underground railway/railroad system in a city
•the New York subway
•a subway station/train
•a downtown subway stop
•to ride/take the subway
•In Boston the subway is known as the ‘T’; in Washington DC it's the‘Metro’.
2. (BrE)a path that goes under a road, etc. which people can use to cross to the other side
Syn: ↑underpass

British/American:
underground / subway / metro / tube
A city’s underground railway/railroad system is usually called the underground (often the Underground) in BrE and the subway in NAmE. Speakers of BrE also use subway for systems in American cities and metro for systems in other European countries. The Metro is the name for the systems in Paris and Washington, D.C. London’s system is often called the Tube.

Example Bank:
•He ran through the pedestrian subway.
•I've never been on the subway.
•Yankee Stadium is a 40-minute subway ride from our house.
•rush hour in the subway

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  underpass, metro, tube, underground, subway system