英汉词典

1. 动脉
    Arteries are the tubes in your body that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body.

    e.g. ...patients suffering from blocked arteries.
           患动脉栓塞的病人

2. 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 .

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. ...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