英语词汇“street sweepers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

street sweepers

释义

street /strēt/

noun

A paved road
A road lined with houses, broader than a lane, including or excluding the houses and the footways
Those who live in a street or are on the street
(with cap) used in street names
A passage or gap through or among anything

adjective

Of or characteristic of the streets, esp in densely populated cities, or of the people who frequent them, esp the poor, the homeless, prostitutes, petty criminals, etc (also in compounds)

ORIGIN: OE strǣt (Du straat, Ger Strasse, Ital strada), from L strāta (via) a paved (way), fem form of strātus, pap of sternere to spread out

streetˈage noun (US)

A toll for street facilities

streetˈed adjective

Having streets

streetˈful noun (pl streetˈfuls)

streetˈward /-wərd/ adverb and adjective

Towards or facing the street

streetˈwards adverb

streetˈy adjective

Savouring or characteristic of the streets

street arab see Arab

streetˈboy noun

A boy who lives mainly on the street

streetˈcar noun (N American)

A tramcar

street credibility noun

(often shortened to street cred) trust, believability, popularity, support or trust from the man in the street
Convincing knowledge of popular fashions, modes of speech, etc

street-credˈible adjective (informal short form street-credˈ)

street cries plural noun

The slogans of hawkers

street door noun

The door of a house that opens on to the street

street food noun

Food cooked and sold by street vendors to be eaten straight away

street furniture noun

The various accessorial public items sited in the street, eg litter bins, parking meters, road signs

street hockey noun (orig US)

A type of hockey played on roller skates, orig in the street

streetˈkeeper noun

An official formerly employed to keep order in a street or streets

streetˈlamp or streetˈlight noun

One set high on a lamppost to light a street

streetˈ-level adjective and noun

(at) ground level
(in or relating to) the urban street environment, esp street-trading
(relating to) the general population

street name noun

A common or slang name for an illegal drug

streetˈ-raking adjective (Walter Scott)

Ranging the streets

streetˈroom noun

Space enough in the street

streetˈscape noun

A scene or view of a street
The specific characteristics of, or improvements made to, a street

streetˈsmart adjective (N American)

Streetwise

street smarts plural noun (N Am sl)

The quality of being streetsmart

street style noun

An informal but strongly assertive style, esp in fashion and music, influenced by urban culture and the need for alternatives to normal conventions

street sweeper noun

A person who or machine that sweeps the streets clean

street theatre noun

Dramatic entertainments performed in the street

street value noun

The cash value of an item when sold directly to the customer in the street, esp illegally or on the black market

streetˈwalker noun

Any one who walks in the streets, esp a prostitute who solicits in the street

streetˈwalking noun and adjective

streetˈwise adjective

Familiar with the ways, needs, etc of the people who live and work on the city streets, eg the poor, the homeless, the petty criminals, etc
Experienced in, and able to cope with, the harsher realities of city life
Cynical
Wily

not in the same street as

Much inferior to

on the street (slang)

Homeless, destitute

on the streets (slang)

Practising prostitution

streets ahead of

Far superior to

streets apart

Very different

up one's street (figurative)

In the region in which one's tastes, knowledge or abilities lie

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