detrunkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

detrunk (三人称単数 現在形 detrunks, 現在分詞 detrunking, 過去形および過去分詞形 detrunked)

1. (transitive) To downgrade (a trunk road) to a normal highway.
   • 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates

     Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road. I put it to the Minister in the strongest possible terms that it would be quite wrong and extremely damaging to proceed with the proposals to detrunk those two roads, which form part of the agreed national Argyll tourist route promoted by the Scottish Office.

   • 2013, Barry Hutton, Planning Sustainable Transport

     Simultaneously, the Department for Transport detrunked many roads, shifting the responsibility – and the cost – of maintenance and improvement to local authorities […]