alleyway

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++al·ley·way /ˈæliweɪ/ noun [countable]  ROAD/PATHan alley 小巷，胡同

Examples from the Corpus

alleyway• She walked briskly through the teeming streets and alleyways which lay behind the main thoroughfares of Bridgetown.• A beggar lad showed us the house in a dank, narrow alleyway where Mistress Hopkins lived.• Beyond them other streets with narrow rear alleyways and outside lavatories stretched all the way to the main road.• It was identical to the one thrust into my hand in the alleyway.• A motor car was parked in the alleyway about three metres from the bakery door and alongside the Alliance building end wall.

al·ley·way nounChineseSyllable  

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alleyway

I

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

II

al‧ley‧way /ˈæliweɪ/ noun [countable]
an alley