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Pronunciation / Transliteration: a.kos.taˈmẽ.tu
"O motorista estacionou o veículo no acostamento da rodovia."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A paved strip alongside a highway or motorway intended for emergency stopping.
"He pulled his car over onto the hard shoulder when the engine began to smoke." - 2
The marginal area flanking a roadway, sometimes utilized by breakdown assistance vehicles or authorized traffic during peak congestion periods.
"Drivers are not permitted to use the hard shoulder for overtaking during normal conditions."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the adjective 'hard', denoting a paved or reinforced surface, combined with 'shoulder', historically used in architecture and anatomy before being adopted in the 20th century for road transport infrastructure to designate the side strip of a major highway.
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bande d'arrêt d'urgence
Transliteration: bɑ̃d daʁɛ dyʁʒɑ̃s
"Il s'est arrêté sur la bande d'arrêt d'urgence."
Standstreifen
Transliteration: ˈʃtantˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩
"Bei einer Panne sollte man auf dem Standstreifen warten."
corsia di emergenza
Transliteration: ˈkorsia di emerˈdʒɛntsa
"L'auto si è fermata sulla corsia di emergenza."
arcén
Transliteration: aɾˈθen
"El coche averiado se quedó en el arcén."
acostamento
Transliteration: a.kos.taˈmẽ.tu
"O motorista estacionou o veículo no acostamento da rodovia."
प-री सड़क की पट्टी
Transliteration: sarak ki patti
Script: सड़क की पट्टी
"खराब होने पर उसने अपनी गाड़ी सड़क की पट्टी पर रोक दी।"
应急车道
Transliteration: yìngjí chēdào
"汽车抛锚后，司机把车停在了应急车道上。"
갓길
Transliteration: gatgil
"자동차가 고장 나서 갓길에 차를 세웠습니다."
路側帯
Transliteration: rosokutai
"故障車は路側帯に停車した。"
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