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单词 streetway
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streetwayn.

Brit. /ˈstriːtweɪ/, U.S. /ˈstritˌweɪ/
Forms: see street n. and adj. and way n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: street n., way n.1
Etymology: < street n. + way n.1 Compare earlier highway n. and causeway n., and also roadway n.
Now chiefly North American.
A paved road or highway; a street. Also figurative.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > paved
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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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