单词 | street of booths, ships, tents |
释义 | > as lemmasstreet of booths, ships, tents b. Such a passage including the things on either side, as street of booths, ships, tents, etc. (cf. sense A. 2e). ΚΠ 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. xviii. 435 It seemed to bee, as it were, a continued street of Shippes. 1684 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 359 The Weather continuing intollerably severe,..streetes of Boothes were set up upon the Thames. 1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i. at Aduár A Street of Booths or Tents. 1854 W. Gillespie Land of Sinim 200 More than a hundred thousand people live in boats on the river... The long streets of boats, brilliantly lighted at night,..have a fine effect. 1987 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 15 Apr. A ‘street’ of tents, featuring theatre, dance, music and visual arts, will be created in the downtown of each city the festival visits. < as lemmas |
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