byways是什么意思？

byways

• n. 旁道( byway的名词复数 )，间道，偏僻小路，（研究、学问等的）次要（或冷僻）的领域；

例句

• the byways of English literature 英国文学研究中的冷门
• He has travelled all the highways and byways of Europe. 他走遍了欧洲各地的大街小巷.
• She travelled the highways and byways of Scotland collecting folk songs and local traditions. 她走遍了苏格兰的大街小巷,收集民歌民俗.
• My research focuses on the byways of children's literature. 我的研究集中于儿童文学中的一些冷门领域。
• ...the narrow city byways. 狭窄的城中小路
• ...the highways and byways of America. 美国大大小小的街道

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  旁道；偏僻小路
  A byway is a small road which is not used by many cars or people.
  例句
  ...the highways and byways of America. 美国大大小小的街道 ...the narrow city byways. 狭窄的城中小路
• N-COUNT
  （学科的）次要领域；冷僻学科
  The byways of a subject are the less important or less well known areas of it.
  例句
  My research focuses on the byways of children's literature. 我的研究集中于儿童文学中的一些冷门领域。