bypass

US: /ˈbaɪˌpæs/
UK: /bˈa‍ɪpɑːs/


English Vietnamese dictionary


bypass /'baipɑ:s/
  • danh từ
    • đường vòng (để tránh một vị trí nào trên đường chính, để tránh ùn xe lại...)
    • (điện học) đường rẽ, sun
    • lỗ phun hơi đốt phụ
    • ngoại động từ
      • làm đường vòng (ở nơi nào)
      • đi vòng
      • (nghĩa bóng) bỏ qua, phớt lờ

    Advanced English dictionary


    noun, verb
    + noun
    1 (especially BrE) a road that passes around a town or city rather than through the centre: the western bypass around the town + the Newbury bypass
    2 a medical operation on the heart in which blood is directed along a different route so that it does not flow through a part that is damaged or blocked; the new route that the blood takes: heart bypass surgery + a triple bypass operation
    + verb [VN]
    1 to go around or avoid a place: A new road now bypasses the town.
    2 to ignore a rule, an official system or sb in authority, especially in order to get sth done quickly: They let us bypass the usual admissions procedure.

    Thesaurus dictionary


    v.
    1 avoid, evade, circumvent, sidestep, skirt, go or get round, detour; ignore, Slang give the go-by:
    I shall bypass many problems if I take that route.
    n.
    2 detour, alternative (way, route, etc.), alternate way or route:
    Take the bypass and avoid the town traffic.

    Collocation dictionary


    QUANT.

    stretch
    That stretch of bypass will be finished by January.

    VERB + BYPASS

    build

    PREP.

    along a/the ~
    speeding along the bypass
    | on a/the ~
    the traffic on the bypass
    | round a/the ~
    We drove round the bypass to the airport.
    | ~ around/round
    building a new bypass around the town


    Concise English dictionary


    bypast|bypasses|bypassed|bypassingnoun
    +a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town
    +a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
    +a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
    verb
    +avoid something unpleasant or laborious