单词 | bowery |
释义 | bowery bowery1 /bow"euh ree/, adj. containing bowers; leafy; shady: a bowery maze. [1695-1705; BOWER1 + -Y1] bowery2 /bow"euh ree, bow"ree/, n. , pl. boweries. 1. (among the Dutch settlers of New York) a farm or country seat. 2. 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. [1640-50, Amer.; < D bouwerij farm, equiv. to bouw cultivation + -erij -ERY] |
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