| 单词 | street of houses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstreet of houses (also shops) e. street of houses (also shops): a number of houses or shops built in a double line with a road in the middle, forming a street. 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 rowc1248 street of houses (also shops)1577 town-row1610 terrace1769 mews1805 strip1939 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 13/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I There is also but one streete of houses therin. 1662 C. Trenchfield Christian Chym. 109 A certain person that had sold a street of houses, and laid out the money in costly apparrel, came to Court, [etc.]. 1727 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. III. ii. 191 Stopping a terrible Fire which otherwise had endangered burning the whole Street of Houses on the City Side of the Bridge. 1782 R. Robinson Polit. Catech. 80 I have so many acres of land, and you have a street of houses. 1855 C. Dickens Out of Town in Representative Pieces (1868) 217 We..built a street of shops, the business of which may be expected to arrive in about ten years. 1895 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 593 Glasgow is also considering a plan for the extension of..washing establishments at the rear of every street of houses. 1999 G. Bear Darwin's Radio ii. 15 They descended with a high-pitched gnash of gears through a small street of shops. < as lemmas |
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