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turnpike

英/tˈɜːnpaɪk/
美/ˈtɝnˌpaɪk/
01n.

收税栅, 收税路, 收税高速公路, 公路, 大道

(from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid; an expressway on which tolls are collected