| 单词 | street names |
| 释义 | street /strēt/noun
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
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
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
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
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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