alley
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++al·ley /ˈæli/ ●●○ noun 1 ROAD/PATH[countable] (also alleyway) a narrow street between or behind buildings, not usually used by cars 小巷，胡同 The alley led to the railway bridge. 这条小巷通往铁路桥。 She found the side alley where the stage door was located. 她找到了剧场后门所在的小巷。2 right up/down somebody’s alley very suitable for someone 正合某人的胃口；非常适合某人 The job sounds right up your alley. 这工作听上去正合你的胃口。 → blind alley, bowling alley
Examples from the Corpus
alley• Entry is gained from an alley on the side, so narrow that it can at best take a single car.• It overlooked an alley, and the bay windows were sun-blocked by the townhouse at 93.• Others went in alleys behind the buildings and lofted rocks and bottles over the roofs.• A narrow alley led up between the houses to the main street.• Locals welcome any efforts to beautify the alleys.• A delivery truck blocked the alley.• And being a dead end, the alley led to nowhere else.• Women in white aprons gossiped in the alley between the apartment blocks.• Meredith glanced up uncertainly at the four-storey buildings soaring up forbiddingly on either side of the alley where they were walking.• Back in the main town, we explored twisting alleys which eventually led us to the old Frankish quarter.Origin alley (1300-1400) Old French alee, from aler “to go”, from Latin ambulare; → AMBLEal·ley nounChineseSyllable
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alley
al‧ley /ˈæli/
(also alleyway) noun [countable]1. a narrow street between or behind buildings, not usually used by cars:
The alley led to the railway bridge.
She found the side alley where the stage door was located.
2. right up/down sb’s alley very suitable for someone:
The job sounds right up your alley.
⇨ blind alley, bowling alley
al‧ley /ˈæli/
(also alleyway) noun [countable]1. a narrow street between or behind buildings, not usually used by cars: 2. right up/down sb’s alley very suitable for someone:
⇨ blind alley, bowling alley
especially