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street 音标拼音: [str'it] n. 街道,马路,街区
a. 街道的 街道,马路,街区街道的 street n 1: a thoroughfare ( usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; " they walked the streets of the small town"; " he lives on Nassau Street" 2: the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; " be careful crossing the street" 3: the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; " she tried to keep her children off the street" 4: a situation offering opportunities; " he worked both sides of the street"; " cooperation is a two- way street" 5: people living or working on the same street; " the whole street protested the absence of street lights" Street \ Street\ ( str[= e] t), n. [ OE. strete, AS. str[= ae] t, fr. L. strata ( sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See { Strew}, and cf. { Stratum}, { Stray}, v. & a.] 1. Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. [ 1913 Webster] He removed [ the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field. -- Coverdale. [ 1913 Webster] At home or through the high street passing. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare. [ 1913 Webster] His deserted mansion in Duke Street. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. the roadway of a street[ 1], as distinguished from the sidewalk; as, children playing in the street. [ PJC] 3. the inhabitants of a particular street; as, the whole street knew about their impending divorce. [ PJC] { The street} ( Broker' s Cant), that thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds. { on the street}, ( a) homeless. ( b) unemployed. ( a) not in prison, or released from prison; the murderer is still on the street. { Street Arab}, { Street broker}, etc. See under { Arab}, { Broker}, etc. { Street door}, a door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street. { street person}, a homeless person; a vagrant. [ 1913 Webster PJC] Syn: See { Way}. [ 1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for " street": Autobahn, US highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, bypass, byway, camino real, carriageway, causeway, causey, chaussee, circle, circumferential, close, concourse, corduroy road, county road, court, crescent, cul- de- sac, dead- end street, dike, dirt road, drag, drive, driveway, expressway, freeway, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways, interstate highway, lane, local road, main drag, main road, mews, motorway, parkway, passage, path, pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road, primary highway, private road, right- of- way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, speedway, state highway, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, through street, thruway, toll road, township road, track, turnpike, way, wyndStreet The street called " Straight" at Damascus ( Acts 9: 11) is " a long broad street, running from east to west, about a mile in length, and forming the principal thoroughfare in the city." In Oriental towns streets are usually narrow and irregular and filthy ( Ps. 18: 42; Isa. 10: 6). " It is remarkable," says Porter, " that all the important cities of Palestine and Syria Samaria, Caesarea, Gerasa, Bozrah, Damascus, Palmyra, had their ' straight streets' running through the centre of the city, and lined with stately rows of columns. The most perfect now remaining are those of Palmyra and Gerasa, where long ranges of the columns still stand.", Through Samaria, etc. |
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