英语词汇“cul-de-sac”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cul-de-sac

(kŭldĭ-săk, kl′-)

n. pl. cul-de-sacs or culs-de-sac (kŭlz-, klz′-)

a. A dead-end street, especially one ending in a circular turnaround.

b. A circular turnaround at the end of a dead-end street.

c. An impasse: "This was the cul-de-sac the year kept driving me toward: men and women would always be at odds" (Philip Weiss).

2. Anatomy A saclike cavity or tube open only at one end.

[French : cul, bottom (from Old French, from Latin cūlus; see CULET) + de, of (from Old French, from Latin dē; see DE-) + sac, sack (from Old French, from Latin saccus; see SACK¹).]

单词	cul-de-sac
释义	cul-de-sac (kŭldĭ-săk, kl′-) n. pl. cul-de-sacs or culs-de-sac (kŭlz-, klz′-) 1. a. A dead-end street, especially one ending in a circular turnaround. b. A circular turnaround at the end of a dead-end street. c. An impasse: "This was the cul-de-sac the year kept driving me toward: men and women would always be at odds" (Philip Weiss). 2. Anatomy A saclike cavity or tube open only at one end. [French : cul, bottom (from Old French, from Latin cūlus; see CULET) + de, of (from Old French, from Latin dē; see DE-) + sac, sack (from Old French, from Latin saccus; see SACK¹).]
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