Like it says on the sign, this is a private road.

就像标志上说的， 这是一条私家路。

A lot of these backwoods properties have their own private roads.

这里还有许多路没有开垦过。

However, it originally referred to a private road off of a main public road that went up to, typically, a large house.

然而，它最初指的是一条远离主要公共道路的私人道路， 这条道路通常通向一栋大房子。

When the sound of it had died I went back to my Olds and did a U turn to face back towards town. As I drove past the entrance to Dr. Verringer's private road I saw that the gate was fastened with a padlocked chain.

当它的声音消失时，我回到了我的孩子身边，掉头面向城镇。当我开车经过维林格博士私人道路的入口时，我看到大门是用挂锁锁链固定的。