单词 | streetway |
释义 | streetwayn. Now chiefly North American. A paved road or highway; a street. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > paved streeteOE causey1495 streetway1600 causeway1611 1600 P. Holland tr. J. B. Marlianus Svmmary Topogr. Rome iv. xxv, in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1382 [The baths] stood about the foot of the Aventine, neer the streetway leading to Ardea. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 64 These causeys or Street-waies, the Romanes called Vias Consulares, [etc.]. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. x. 401 There remains in the Lane upon the north side of the street-way some small fragments of a wall. 1735 J. Price Some Considerations Stone-bridge Thames 4 The Foot-way to be..paved with Perbeck Squares, and the Coach, or Street-way, with the best Pebbles. 1768 R. Rouse Coll. Charities & Donations 38 Three roads shooting into the Street-way. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xxiii. 258 Hearts which..have been passed from hand to hand, along the muddy street-way of life, instead of being treasured in one faithful bosom. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 99 Down a streetway hung with folds of pure White samite. 1914 Times 25 May 29/2 The hot gases did not rise, but remained in a concentrated state in the street ways. 2007 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 27 May c1 Downtown, massive trees line streetways and plazas and at some points form arches, providing much-needed shade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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