roadwork
pronunciation
How to pronounce roadwork in British English:
UK ['rəʊdˌwɜ:k]
How to pronounce roadwork in American English:
US ['roʊdˌwɜk]
Word Origin
- roadwork (n.)
- also road-work, 1765, "work done in making and repairing roads;" 1903 as "exercise done on roads;" from road (n.) + work (n.).
Example
- 1. Are there any other roadwork 's going on today ?
- 2. It was enough to make joe step up his roadwork from three to five miles every morning .
- 3. Pragmatic analysis reveals that the daily social cost incurred form roadwork is approximately five-times of the average daily construction cost .
- 4. Officials say traffic has been snarled along the outskirts of beijing and is stretching toward the border of inner mongolia ever since roadwork on the beijing-tibet highway started aug. 13 .