| 单词 | millionaires' mile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMillionaires' Mile Millionaires' Mile n. (also millionaire's mile) originally U.S. a street or area renowned for the wealth of its inhabitants and the high value of its properties (cf. Millionaires' Row n.). ΚΠ 1899 World 6 July 5/1 The importance and magnitude of the business done on upper 5th ave., in the millionaires' mile and a half.] 1904 Washington Post 6 Nov. 9/4 On the other side is Millionaires' Mile, that part of Fifth Avenue, from Fiftieth street to Seventy-second on the east side stand the homes of the richest men in the world. 1977 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 15 A house..is to be built for an estimated £5 million in London's ‘millionaire's mile’, The Bishop's Avenue, Hampstead. 1993 I. L. Allen City in Slang ix. 235 The heart of New York's extended Millionaires' Row was at one stage of its development more than a mile in length and, so, was also called Millionaires' Mile. < as lemmas |
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