tollgate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid
    — Colonel George Rice Trevor testified that the Rebeccas attacked poor-houses as well as tollgates.
动词 v.
  1. To furnish (a road) with a tollgate. transitive
  2. To perpetrate a form of corruption in which the recipient of a government contract must donate part of its value to the government.

词形变化

tollgates plural tollgates present,singular,third-person tollgating participle,present tollgated participle,past tollgated past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English toll
English gate
English tollgate
From toll + gate.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English toll
English gate
English tollgate
From toll + gate.
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