(1)乡间小路(narrow road in the country)[C]：a～through the fields to the house 穿过田野通往房子的小路;a winding country～蜿蜒曲折的乡间小路;A carriage drove down the muddy～. 一辆马车沿泥泞的小路驶过。〖同〗 path，track;

(2)巷(用于地名时L大写)(narrow street in a town)[C]：a market in Brick L～布里克巷的一个市场;a blind～死巷(胡同);〖同〗alley;

(3)车道(marked division along a wide road for use by one row of vehicles)[C]：the inside/outside～内/外车道;the nearside/offside～(英国)左/右车道;a four-～highway 四车道公路;the slow/fast/overtaking～慢/快/超车道;shift～s 换道;cross/get over into the other～串到另一条车道;One～is closed while they're paving the road. 他们因铺路关闭了一条车道。

(4)赛(跑，泳)道(marked division along the length of a race-course，swimming pool)[C]：The Chinese athlete is in～three. 中国运动员在第三道。

(5)航线(route used regularly by ships or aircraft)[C]：an air/ocean～空中/海上航线;The island is off shipping～s. 该岛不在轮船的航线上。

【辨异】1)lane是狭窄的乡间小路，如：Follow the lane to the river.(沿这条小路走到河边。)path是城镇中房子之间、乡村田间或河边划出的人行路，如：go up the garden path to knock on the door(顺花园小径走去敲门)。track是乡间崎岖的小路，常常没有正式划出，而是由过往行人、动物或车辆踏轧出来的，如：a rough mountain track(一条崎岖的山间小路)。lane还可以是运动场内运动员各自的跑道，track则是他们跑的整个跑道，如：Jack is in lane four. Watch the horses running round the track.(杰克在第四道。瞧那些奔驰在跑道上的马匹。) 2)lane与alley、avenue、road和street的区别见ALLEY。