单词 | avenue |
释义 | avenue /av"euh nyooh', -nooh'/, n. 1. a wide street or main thoroughfare. 2. a means of access or attainment: avenues of escape; avenues to greater power. 3. a way or means of entering into or approaching a place: the various avenues to India. 4. Chiefly Brit. a. a wide, usually tree-lined road, path, driveway, etc., through grounds to a country house or monumental building. b. a suburban, usually tree-lined residential street. [1590-1600; < F, lit., approach, n. use of fem. ptp. of avenir < L advenire to come to. See A-5, VENUE] Syn. 1. See street. |
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