英语词汇speed lane的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	speed lane
词源	speed lane. The speed lane is usually the name for the left lane on a road or highway, the lane customarily reserved for cars going at least the speed limit, while the right lane, or slow lane, is for drivers choosing to go slower. Sometimes the speed lane is called the fast lane, but fast lane is usually the term for the lane in a public swimming pool reserved for fast swimmers. In doing pool laps slow swimmers customarily use a lane la- beled the slow lane, while swimmers of medium ability use the medium lane.
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