plural streets
plural streets
Learner's definition of STREET
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: a road in a city or town that has houses or other buildings on one or both sides街;街道 -
They live on a busy/residential street.他们住在繁华的大街上/居民区的街巷里。
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a deserted street空旷的街道
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a dead-end/one-way street死胡同;单行道
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You should look both ways before crossing the street.过马路前应该左右都看看。
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Trash littered the streets.垃圾被乱扔在街上。
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The police car cruised up/down the street.警车沿街巡行。
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People don't feel safe walking the streets (of the city) at night. [=don't feel safe walking outside in the city at night]夜间走在(市内的)街道上让人感觉不安全。
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our neighbor down the street [=our neighbor who lives farther down on our street]我们街道另一端的邻居
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They live across the street (from us). [=they live across from us on the other side of the street]他们住在(我们)街道的对面。
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Many of our customers walk in off the street without having heard of us before.我们很多顾客都是从街上走进来的,之前并没有听说过我们的店。
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Angry citizens took to the streets [=went outside on the streets] to protest the war.愤怒的民众走上街头抗议战争。
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He lost his job and eventually was living on the street(s). [=was homeless]他失业了,最终流落街头。
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often used in names常用于名称 —
sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻 — see also easy street, fleet street, high street, main street, wall street 2
informal : a poor part of a city where there is a lot of crime(城市贫民窟的)街头 —
usually plural通常用复数
hit the streets
— see 1hit
pound the streets
— see 2pound
streets ahead of
British, informal
: much better than (other people or things)(比其他人或事物)好得多
the man in the street
— see 1man
up someone's street
British, informal
: suited to someone's tastes or abilities适合某人;为某人所长 2 street /ˈstriːt/ adjective
2 street
/ˈstriːt/
adjective
Learner's definition of STREET
always used before a noun
1
: of or relating to streets街上的;街道的 -
a street map街道地图
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the store's street address商店的街道地址
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poor street lighting昏暗的路灯
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I saw him standing on the street corner [=the area of the sidewalk where two streets meet] waiting for the bus.我看见他站在街角等公共汽车。
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Our apartment is at street level. [=our apartment is on the ground floor of the building]我们的公寓在一楼。
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: occurring, performing, working, or living on a street or sidewalk街头的;发生在街上的 -
street fighting/musicians/vendors巷战;街头乐手/小贩
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a street fair/demonstration街头集市/游行
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street people [=homeless people]流落街头的人
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: of, relating to, or characteristic of a poor part of a city where there is a lot of crime(贫民窟)街头的