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IELTS BNC: 6528 COCA: 4340

alley
alley /ˈæli/ noun
plural alleys
alley
/ˈæli/
noun
plural alleys
Learner's definition of ALLEY
[count]
: a narrow street or passage between buildings（建筑群之间的）小巷，小街，胡同
— see also blind alley, bowling alley

up someone's alley

chiefly US, informal also down someone's alley
: suited to someone's tastes or abilities对…口味的；为…所胜任的
IELTS BNC: 6528 COCA: 4340

alley

1 of 2

noun (1)

al·​ley ˈa-lē How to pronounce alley (audio)
plural alleys
1
: a garden or park walk bordered by trees or bushes
2
a(1)
: a grassed enclosure for bowling or skittles
(2)
: a hardwood lane for bowling
also : a room or building housing a group of such lanes
b
: the space on each side of a tennis doubles court between the sideline and the service sideline
c
: an area in a baseball outfield between two outfielders when they are in normal positions
hit a line drive into the alley
3
: a narrow street
especially : a thoroughfare through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings
4
: an extensive region where destructive natural phenomena of a specified type (such as tornadoes) occur often or are likely to occur
The most obvious tornado alley extends from the plains of northwest Texas eastward into north Texas and then northward across Oklahoma, Kansas, and eastern Nebraska. Tom Konvicka

alley

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural alleys
: a playing marble
especially : one of superior quality
Phrases
up one's alley or less commonly down one's alley
: suited to one's own tastes or abilities
a job that's right up her alley

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Anglo-French alee, from aler to go

Noun (2)

by shortening and alteration from alabaster

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1720, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of alley was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing alley

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IELTS BNC: 6528 COCA: 4340
alley

noun

ADJECTIVE | ALLEY + VERB | ALLEY + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤dark, darkened黑暗的／幽暗的小巷➤deserted, empty (especially NAmE) 空無一人的小巷▸➤little, narrow小巷；窄巷◇a maze of narrow alleys縱橫交錯的窄巷➤cobbled (especially BrE) 鋪着卵石的小巷▸➤back, side陋巷；支巷➤blind (figurative) 死胡同；絕境◇Over-reliance on statistics has led us down a blind alley.過分依賴統計數字使我們鑽進了死胡同。ALLEY + VERB➤lead onto sth, lead to sth小巷通向⋯◇The alley leads to the restaurant kitchen.這條小巷通向餐廳的廚房。ALLEY + NOUN➤cat（街上的）野貓PREPOSITION➤along an/the alley, down an/the alley, up an/the alley沿着小巷；順着小巷◇I walked back along a side alley.我沿着一條支巷走了回來。◇a bar down a little alley小巷那頭的酒吧➤in an/the alley在小巷裏◇They had cornered him in an alley.他們把他堵在一條小巷裏。➤through an/the alley穿過小巷◇She wandered through the back alleys.她在窮街陋巷遊蕩。

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