- safety/traffic island
- авто "острово́к безопа́сности"
The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary.. 2014.
The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary.. 2014.
traffic island — n. a platform or marked area in a roadway, from which vehicular traffic is diverted so as to separate such traffic, or to protect pedestrians: cf. SAFETY ZONE … English World dictionary
traffic island — noun a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians • Syn: ↑safety island, ↑safety isle, ↑safety zone • Hypernyms: ↑island • Part Holonyms: ↑roadbed … Useful english dictionary
traffic island — traf′fic is land n. trs a raised or marked off area between lanes of a roadway, used as a safety island, for separating lanes, etc … From formal English to slang
island — [ī′lənd] n. [< ME iland (respelled by assoc. with unrelated ISLE) < OE igland, iegland, lit., island land & ealand, lit., water land < ig, ieg, isle (akin to Ger aue, ON ey < PGmc * aujo, akin to * ahwo) & ea, water < PGmc * ahwo,… … English World dictionary
safety island — noun a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians • Syn: ↑traffic island, ↑safety isle, ↑safety zone • Hypernyms: ↑island • Part Holonyms: ↑roadbed * * * … Useful english dictionary
safety zone — noun a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians • Syn: ↑traffic island, ↑safety island, ↑safety isle • Hypernyms: ↑island • Part Holonyms: ↑roadbed * * * … Useful english dictionary
safety isle — noun a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians • Syn: ↑traffic island, ↑safety island, ↑safety zone • Hypernyms: ↑island • Part Holonyms: ↑roadbed * * * … Useful english dictionary
island — n. 1) a deserted, uninhabited; tropical island 2) a safety (AE), traffic island 3) on an island * * * [ aɪlənd] traffic island uninhabited: tropical island a deserted on an island a safety (AE) … Combinatory dictionary
traffic — noun 1 vehicles going somewhere ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, bumper to bumper, busy, congested, heavy, terrible ▪ The traffic was terrible on the way here. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
safety island — noun An area of roadway from which traffic is excluded so as to provide safety for pedestrians; a traffic island … Wiktionary
safety — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Secure condition Nouns 1. safety, safeness, security, surety, assurance; impregnability, invulnerability, invulnerableness; escape, safety valve; safeguard, passport, safe conduct; confidence (see hope) … English dictionary for students