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单词 side street
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side streetˈside street noun [countable] Examples
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  • Alexei rode between dragons moulded from paper and paste which were lined up in a side street.
  • As he stepped off the pavement to cross the side street, he felt as if he were stepping off a cliff.
  • From a side street, police in full riot-proof regalia emerged to split the crowd in two.
  • He faltered in the middle of the side street, though cars snarled beside him.
  • He found it on a side street a block from the harbor.
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a hard level surface made for cars and other vehicles to travel on: · They're building a new road around the city centre.· I live at 37 King's Road, Birmingham.cross the road: · Before crossing the road, stop, look, and listen.by the side/edge of the road: · Something was lying in the gutter by the side of the road.across/over the road (=on the other side of the road): · A widow lives in the house just across the road.along/down/up the road (=on the same road): · I went to the girls' school down the road.main road (=a large road where there is likely to be a lot of traffic): · They turned left at the gas station, into the busy main road.busy road (=a road where there is a lot of traffic): · It's amazing how many schools front busy roads.
a road in the main part of a town, with houses, shops, or offices and sometimes a path down each side for people to walk on: · There were stores on both sides of the street.· Wall Street is a famous financial center in New York.the streets of London/Paris/Istanbul etc: · Pablo loved wandering through the streets of Barcelona.in/on the streets: · We need more police on the streets.along/down/up the street: · Victoria can't walk down the street without someone recognizing her.live in a streetBritish /on a street American: · She had lived in the same street in London all her life.somebody's street (=the street where someone lives): · Our street was just a row of brick terraced houses.
British /main street American the main street in the middle of a town where most of the shops and offices are: · Our bank used to have a branch in every high street.· The small town of Whitehorse, Alaska consists of a half-mile long main street and a few scattered houses.· Albert Road is just off the High Street.
also back alley American a small street, away from the main streets of a town, where there are no large shops or important buildings: · They went exploring the dark, narrow back alleys of the old part of town.· It took us almost an hour to find her house in a narrow little back street.
a small quiet road away from any main roads: · If the car park's full you might find a space in one of the side streets.
a very narrow street or path between buildings in a town: · A narrow alley led up between the houses to the main street.· Women in white aprons gossiped in the alley between the apartment blocks.
a wide road often with trees along each side of it, especially one that is long and straight - often used in street names: · She lives in a large house on Acacia Avenue.· New York's 5th Avenue· The apartment is located on Jackson Boulevard.· New Delhi, with its elegant wide avenues and impressive government buildings, is a complete contrast with Old Delhi.· There are plans to replace the old highway with a braod tree-lined boulevard.
a street that is closed at one end so there is only one way in and out: · We got to know the neighbors on our cul-de-sac quite well.· Archie lives on a dead end street, so it is very quiet.· Honey, this is a dead end - you'll have to turn around.
a road with houses on it, especially a beautiful one - used in street names: · She was found dead at her home in Maple Drive.
British a road with houses along each side of it and with only one way in or out - used in street names: · Fran lives at 37 Appian Close.
British a street with a curved shape - used in street names: · Turn left into Badgerly Crescent.
a street that is smaller than a main street, but is often connected to it
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