| 单词 | cul de sac |
| 释义 | cul de sac (once / 47089 pages) n A cul de sac is a dead-end street, particularly one with a circle for turning around at the end. Kids who live on a cul de sac have a safe place to ride their bikes without a lot of busy traffic. Cul de sacs are designed to slow and limit the number of cars that pass through residential areas — because a cul de sac doesn't connect to another road, people can't use them as shortcuts, and they're typically mostly traveled by people who live there. The French cul de sac was originally an anatomical term meaning "vessel or tube with only one opening." It literally means "bottom of a sack," from the Latin culus, "bottom." WORD FAMILYcul de sac: cul de sacs, culs de sac USAGE EXAMPLESI bought a bicycle and I sometimes spend hours riding in giant circles in my cul de sac, staring down at the pavement. The Guardian(Nov 12, 2016) It’s on a cul de sac with a canyon view. Wall Street Journal(Aug 30, 2016) Within “Cul de Sac,” Thompson created a wry and whimsical suburban world partly inspired by his own upbringing in Maryland’s Montgomery County, just outside Washington. Washington Post(Jul 27, 2016) 1n a street with only one way in or out Syn|Hyper blind alley, dead-end street, impasse thoroughfare a public road from one place to another 2n a passage with access only at one end Syn|Hyper cul, dead end passage a way through or along which someone or something may pass |
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