单词 | park lane |
释义 | Park Lanen. attributive. Of or relating to Park Lane, esp. with reference to the grand houses and hotels situated there. Hence allusively: any wealthy and aristocratic area; (by metonymy) the wealthy upper classes; the attitudes or outlook associated with them. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > row or street of buildings > types of Park Lane1847 mean street1861 Millionaires' Row1894 stockbroker belt1960 Coronation Street1962 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiv. 121 The Park Lane shoulder-knot aristocracy. 1854 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches III. i. 26 in Wks. I The deadly fear, which had been breathed into him by Mrs. Schreiber's scale of expenditure in a Park Lane house. 1880 A. Trollope Duke's Children II. vii. 78 Park Lane was sweeter than the Fifth Avenue. Lord Silverbridge was nicer than the bank clerk. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 27 Apr. 1/3 The attitude of this lady of the ballad is a common one among the Park-lanes of every land. 2003 Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 22/3 They can no longer ignore the astonishing allegations about..sessions of gang sex..in Park Lane hotels. Derivatives Park ˈLane-ite n. rare ΚΠ 1961 A. Smith East-Enders ii. 29 If they want to live like Park Lane-ites they should live in Park Lane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847 |
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