Arteries are the tubes in your body that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body.
例句
...patients suffering from blocked arteries.患动脉栓塞的病人
N-COUNT
主干路；干线；要道
You can refer to an important main route within a complex road, railway, or river system as an artery .
例句
Clarence Street was one of the northbound arteries of the central business district.克拉伦斯街是中央商业区北段部分的主干路之一。...the point where the Ohio River, itself a great artery, joins the Mississippi.本身就是一条主干河道的俄亥俄河和密西西比河的交汇处
英汉词典释义
n.
〈解〉动脉
We couldn't feel the changes in the blood pressure within the artery.我们无法感觉到动脉血管内血压的变化。
干线（指主要公路、河流、铁路线等）, 要道
This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic met.这就是伦敦西部三条主要交通干线的交汇处。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
2. a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic