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单词 bowery
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
bow•er•y1  (bou′ə rē),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. containing bowers;
    leafy;
    shady:a bowery maze.
  • bower1 + -y1 1695–1705

bow•er•y2  (bou′ə rē, bou′rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -er•ies. 
  1. (among the Dutch settlers of New York) a farm or country seat.
  2. Place Names the Bowery, a street and area in New York City, historically noted for its cheap hotels and saloons and peopled by the destitute and homeless.
  • Dutch bouwerij farm, equivalent. to bouw cultivation + -erij -ery
  • 1640–50, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Bowery /ˈbaʊərɪ/ n
  1. the Bowery ⇒ a street in New York City noted for its cheap hotels and bars, frequented by vagrants and drunks
Etymology: 17th Century: from Dutch bouwerij, from bouwen to farm + erij -ery; see boor, Boer
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