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单词 alleyway
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alleywayn.

Brit. /ˈalɪweɪ/, U.S. /ˈæliˌweɪ/
Forms: 1700s– alleyway, 1800s alloway.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: alley n.1, way n.1
Etymology: < alley n.1 + way n.1
Originally U.S.
= alley n.1 (in various senes); esp. a narrow street or lane; a back lane.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > between lines of persons or things
streetc1384
lane1525
alley1631
alleyway1788
gangway1788
aisle1789
lokeway1888
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > cabin > types of on passenger ship > passage between cabins
alleyway1891
1788 P. M. Freneau Misc. Wks. 223 The article stipulated..that the alley-way should be sufficient for the passing and repassing of the plaintiff.
1854 Harper's Mag. Nov. 849/2 I was taken to the Auburn state-prison. And as I walked along the concealed alley-ways,..I bethought me of my theft of fruit.
1869 E. E. Hale Sybaris 115 That was really the same child whom I had seen faded and dead in the alley-ways of the town!
1871 A. Fay in Music-Study in Germany (1885) xi. 151 To the left of this summer house he [sc. Goethe] had had made a long alley-way or vista of trees.
1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 231 Alley-way between the after-deck house and the bulwarks.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 108/2 A local marshman as a guide, or you will soon find yourself lost in the maze of alleyways through the giant reeds.
1973 A. Price October Men vii. 95 He stumbled down the nearest alleyway..fumbling as he went for the zip-fastener on his fly.
2006 Philadelphia Inquirer 24 Sept. c7/1 Narrow stone alleyways wind between the turrets and steeples.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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