turn·pike /ˈtɝnˌpaɪk/
收費公路;收通行稅柵門
Turn·pike v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turnpiked p. pr. & vb. n. Turnpiking.] To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; to throw into a rounded form, as the path of a road.
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Turn·pike n.
1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.
I move upon my axle like a turnpike. --B. Jonson.
2. A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.
3. A turnpike road.
4. A winding stairway. [Scot.]
5. Mil. A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise. [R.]
Turnpike man, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike.
Turnpike road, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are established by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc.
turnpike
n 1: (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to
prevent passage until a toll had been paid
2: an expressway on which tolls are collected