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backstreet

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++back·street1 /ˈbækstriːt/ adjective [only before noun]  SCLILLEGALbackstreet activities are done in a secret or illegal way, and are often done badly 秘密的,私下的,偷偷摸摸的〔通常指处理手法低劣〕 a backstreet abortion 非法堕胎
Examples from the Corpus
backstreetA hot new pachinko machine from a backstreet maker in Osaka has taken the underworld by storm.
backstreet2, back street noun [countable]  a small quiet street that is away from the main part of a town 后街,偏僻街道
Examples from the Corpus
backstreetThe other provides amazingly quick service - from an incomplete concrete house frame in a backstreet.Three beer-befuddled construction workers played softball with my head in a backstreet on the mistaken assumption that I was Tom Tunney.Frankie had left home and was now living in lodgings in a little backstreet near the pub they were sitting in.One hour later the sonorous tones of Dame Melba's singing resonated through a little backstreet near the river.From there, a quiet backstreet led to the rear entrance of her apartment block.
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backstreet
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backstreet1 /ˈbækstriːt/ adjective [only before noun]
backstreet activities are done in a secret or illegal way, and are often done badly:
    a backstreet abortion

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backstreet2 , ˈback street noun [countable]
a small quiet street that is away from the main part of a town


back·streetBrE /ˈbækstriːt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbækstriːt/ 🔊 nouna small quiet street, usually in a poor part of a town or city, away from main roads 偏僻街道,小巷(常位于贫民区)
back·streetBrE /ˈbækstriːt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbækstriːt/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] acting or happening secretly, often dishonestly or illegally 秘密的;偷偷摸摸的;暗地里的backstreet dealers非法交易者backstreet abortions非法堕胎