| 单词 | gaslight district |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGaslight District Gaslight District n. (also with lower-case initials) U.S. (a name for) the restored historic quarter of a town, city, etc.; spec. one characteristic or reminiscent of the (late) 19th cent.; (also occasionally) an area of a town or city built to resemble such a district. ΚΠ 1962 Algona (Iowa) Advance 9 Aug. 5/1 We visited one such spot in St. Louis recently—a place called the ‘Living Room’ in the Gaslight district. 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Nov. viii. 10 The term ‘old-fashioned’, once a pejorative, now connotes substance and quality, and American cities are installing gaslight districts and trolleys. 1995 Sociol. Q. 36 642 Instances of historic district revitalization projects that revive environments of nineteenth-century ‘Main Street’ or waterfront life include..Seattle's Gaslight District. 2008 R. W. Domm Lake Michigan Backroads 77 Petoskey is noted for its downtown Gaslight District, a collection of shops, boutiques, and eateries that occupy well-kept historic buildings. < as lemmas |
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