junction

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

junc·tion [junction junctions] BrE [ˈdʒʌŋkʃn] NAmE [ˈdʒʌŋkʃn] noun
1. (especially BrE) (NAmE usually inter·sec·tion)the place where two or more roads or railway/railroad lines meet
•It was near the junction of City Road and Old Street.
•Come off the motorway at junction 6.
•The most complicated motorway interchange in Britain is known as Spaghetti Junction.
2. a place where two or more cables, rivers or other things meet or are joined
•a telephone junction box
•the junction between nerves and muscles
See also: ↑intersection

Word Origin:
early 18th cent. (originally meaning the action or fact of being joined): from Latin junctio(n-), from jungere ‘to join’.

Thesaurus:
junction noun C (especially BrE)
•Turn left at the next junction.
crossroads • • exit • |BrE turning • • roundabout • |especially AmE turn • |AmE formal, BrE intersection •
the junction/intersection with…
a busy junction/crossroads/roundabout/intersection
come to a/an junction/crossroads/exit/roundabout/intersection
take the turning/turn/exit

Example Bank:
•Turn off at junction 6.
•In the 19th century the town became an important railway junction.
•Junction 6 is known as Spaghetti Junction because of its complexity.
•The disease affects the junction between nerves and muscles.
•The telephone junction box was opened and the phone line was disconnected.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  adjunction, conjunction, articulation, join, joint, juncture, conjugation, colligation