Subwayとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

sub- +‎ way

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbˌweɪ/, [ˈsʌbˌweɪ̯]

名詞

subway (複数形 subways)

1. (Canada, 米国用法, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 98:

     In 1884 Greathead was part of a syndicate that obtained powers for another subway - 'The City of London & Southwark Subway'. The term 'subway' sounded more sophisticated than 'underground railway', which was associated with the sulphurous Metropolitan, and it would be adopted by New York for its own electric metro when work started on that in 1904.

2. (Canada, 米国用法, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.
   • 1981 April 29, Russel Baker, “And Only Sixty Cents”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Just before you leave, the subway comes. You get on. It stops at the next station.

3. (US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way.
4. (Britain) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
5. An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.

同意語

(underground railway):

• metro; Métro (Paris)
• tube; Tube (London)
• underground, underground railway

(rapid transit system):

• rapid transit

(underground walkway):

• underpass

動詞

subway (三人称単数 現在形 subways, 現在分詞 subwaying, 過去形および過去分詞形 subwayed)

1. (intransitive, US, informal) To travel by underground railway.
   • 2008 February 13, Melissa Clark, “From Paris, With Hustle”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     I suppose I could have subwayed around town in search of froufrou French pastry shops.