street
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++street1 /striːt/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 1 TTRROAD/PATHa public road in a city or town that has houses, shops etc on one or both sides 大街，街道 We moved to Center Street when I was young. 在我小时候，我们搬到了中心大街。 She lives just a few streets away. 她的住处就在几条街外。 I walked on further down the street. 我继续沿着马路走。 Someone just moved in across the street. 街对面有人刚刚搬进来。 a car parked on the other side of the street 停在街对面的一辆车2 the streets [plural] (also the street)HOME the busy public parts of a city where there is a lot of activity, excitement, and crime, or where people without homes live 〔热闹的、罪案时有发生的或无家可归者居住的〕街头on the streets young people living on the streets 流落街头的年轻人 She felt quite safe walking the streets after dark. 她觉得天黑以后走在街上挺安全的。 Children as young as five are left to roam the streets (=walk around the streets) at night. 在夜里年仅五岁的孩子被任由在街头游荡。 street musicians (=ones who play on the street) 街头音乐家 She has written about the realities of street life (=living on the streets). 她描写过街头生活的真实景象。3 the man/woman in the street (also the man/woman on the street)ORDINARY the average person, who represents the general opinion about things 普通人，平民百姓 The man on the street assumes that all politicians are corrupt. 老百姓认为政客都腐败。4. (right) up your street British EnglishSUITABLE exactly right for you 刚好适合某人5 streets ahead (of somebody/something) British English informalBETTER much better than someone or something else （比其他人/物）好得多 James is streets ahead of the rest of the class at reading. 詹姆斯在阅读方面远远超过班里的其他同学。 → backstreet1, → be (living) on easy street at easy1(13), → one-way street at one-way(1), high street, two-way street, → walk the streets at walk1(8) COLLOCATIONSadjectivesbusy (=with a lot of traffic or people) 繁忙的The house faces onto a busy street. 房子正对着一条繁忙的街道。crowded (=with a lot of people) 拥挤的The streets get very crowded at weekends. 周末街上非常拥挤。quiet (=with very few people) 安静的It was late and the streets were quiet. 很晚了,街上静悄悄的。empty/deserted (=with no people) 空荡荡的As he walked home, the street was deserted. 他步行回家,街上空无一人。narrow 狭窄的an old city with quaint narrow streets 有许多古色古香小街的老城the main street (=the biggest street in a town or village) 大街,主要商业街They drove slowly along the main street. 他们开车沿着大街缓缓行驶。the high street British English (=the main street with shops) 大街,主要商业街nI bought this coat at a shop on the high street.a shopping street British English (=with a lot of shops) 商业街nThis is one of Europe’s most elegant shopping streets.a residential street (=with houses, not shops) 居住区街道na quiet residential streeta one-way street (=in which you can only drive in one direction) 单行道nHe was caught driving the wrong way down a one-way street.a side/back street (=a small quiet street near the main street) 偏僻的街道nThe restaurant is tucked away in a side street.winding streets (=streets that turn in many directions) 曲折的街道nWe spent hours exploring the town’s winding streets.cobbled streets (=with a surface made from round stones) 铺着鹅卵石的街道nThe cobbled streets were closed to cars.verbscross the street (=walk to the other side) 穿过街道She crossed the street and walked into the bank. 她穿过马路,走进银行。street + NOUNa street corner (=a place where streets meet) 街角Youths were standing around on street corners. 几个年轻人站在街角。a street light/lamp 街灯It was getting dark, and the street lamps were already on. 天色渐暗,街灯已经亮起。street crime/violence (=when people are attacked in the street) 街头罪案/暴力nYoung men are most likely to be victims of street crime.nstreet clothes (=ordinary clothes, not a special uniform or costume)She changed into her street clothes and left the theatre.
Examples from the Corpus
street• They live on Clay Street.• York, among many towns which have pedestrianised their centres, has paved many of its streets without adverse effect.• Our street was just a row of brick terraced houses.• She had lived in the same street in London all her life.• Across the street, on the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields church, there was movement.• I imagine him marching-no, swanning-around the streets of his beloved Manchester as he talks to me.• Claudia, standing by the window, looking down at the street, knew the moment he stepped over the threshold.• Victoria can't walk down the street without someone recognizing her.• He heaved his bulk round, but saw only the tightly wedged backs of the mob out in the street.• He pointed to the side of the street.• There were stores on both sides of the street.• We need more police on the streets.• He's out there running the streets of Annapolis, just before dawn.• Pablo loved wandering through the streets of Barcelona.• I went straight back to the street corner where I'd lost him and started the slow cruise.• Wall Street is a famous financial center in New York.down the street• I had Carradine walled up and down the street several times, acting suspiciously.• Its headlights suddenly light up the pavement farther down the street he is walking on.• Though rationing was in effect, Tish managed to get a huge steak from an admiring grocer down the street.• A car or two, the wrong ones, took off down the street in the direction of the town.• There was the jade-green cockatoo on his orange perch, gazing pensively down the street.• When I finished up at Mrs James's, I ran down the street and watched the sky.• I walk down the streets of New York, the Village, and they stop and they talk, they want autographs.• C., can you walk down the street and bump into a row of newspaper boxes half a block long?street2 adjective informal nrelating to or similar to fashions, types of music, or attitudes that are popular with young people in cities Her style is very street.Origin street Old English strætstreet1 noun →COLLOCATIONS1street2 adjectiveLDOCE OnlineChinese
road in public a a Corpus or city town
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street S1 W1 /striːt/
noun [countable]
We moved to Center Street when I was young.
She lives just a few streets away.
I walked on further down the street.
Someone just moved in across the street.
a car parked on the other side of the street
2. the streets [plural] (also the street) the busy public parts of a city where there is a lot of activity, excitement, and crime, or where people without homes live
on the streets
young people living on the streets
She felt quite safe walking the streets after dark.
Children as young as five are left to roam the streets (=walk around the streets) at night.
street musicians (=ones who play on the street)
She has written about the realities of street life (=living on the streets).
3. the man/woman in the street (also the man/woman on the street) the average person, who represents the general opinion about things:
The man on the street assumes that all politicians are corrupt.
4. (right) up your street British English exactly right for you
5. streets ahead (of somebody/something) British English informal much better than someone or something else:
James is streets ahead of the rest of the class at reading.
⇨ backstreet, ⇨ be (living) on easy street at easy1(13), ⇨ one-way street at one-way(1), ⇨ high street, two-way street, ⇨ walk the streets at walk1(8)
■ adjectives
▪busy (=with a lot of traffic or people) The house faces onto a busy street.
▪crowded (=with a lot of people) The streets get very crowded at weekends.
▪quiet (=with very few people) It was late and the streets were quiet.
▪empty/deserted (=with no people) As he walked home, the street was deserted.
▪narrow an old city with quaint narrow streets
▪the main street (=the biggest street in a town or village) They drove slowly along the main street.
▪the high street British English (=the main street with shops) I bought this coat at a shop on the high street.
▪a shopping street British English (=with a lot of shops) This is one of Europe’s most elegant shopping streets.
▪a residential street (=with houses, not shops) a quiet residential street
▪a one-way street (=in which you can only drive in one direction) He was caught driving the wrong way down a one-way street.
▪a side/back street (=a small quiet street near the main street) The restaurant is tucked away in a side street.
▪winding streets (=streets that turn in many directions) We spent hours exploring the town’s winding streets.
▪cobbled streets (=with a surface made from round stones) The cobbled streets were closed to cars.
■ verbs
▪cross the street (=walk to the other side) She crossed the street and walked into the bank.
■ street + NOUN
▪a street corner (=a place where streets meet) Youths were standing around on street corners.
▪a street light/lamp It was getting dark, and the street lamps were already on.
▪street crime/violence (=when people are attacked in the street) Young men are most likely to be victims of street crime.
▪street clothes (=ordinary clothes, not a special uniform or costume) She changed into her street clothes and left the theatre.
■ types of road
▪road a hard surface for cars, buses etc to drive on: They're planning to build a new road. | My address is 42, Station Road.
▪street a road in a town, with houses or shops on each side: She lives on our street. | We walked along the streets of the old town. | Oxford Street is one of Europe's busiest shopping areas. | He was stopped by the police, driving the wrong way down a one-way street. | Turn left on Main Street (=the street in the middle of a town, where most of the shops are – used in American English). | These days the same shops are on every high street (=the street in the middle of a town, where most of the shops are – used in British English).
▪avenue a road in a town, often with trees on each side: the busy avenue in front of the cathedral | He lived on Park Avenue.
▪boulevard a wide road in a city or town – used especially in street names in the US, France etc. In the UK, streets are usually called avenue rather than boulevard: the world-famous Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.
▪lane a narrow road in the country: a winding country lane
▪cul-de-sac a short street which is closed at one end: The house is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in North Oxford.
▪track especially British English, dirt road American English a narrow road in the country, usually without a hard surface: The farm was down a bumpy track.
▪ring road British English a road that goes around a town: The airport is on the ring road.
▪bypass British English a road that goes past a town, allowing traffic to avoid the centre: The bypass would take heavy traffic out of the old city centre.
▪dual carriageway British English, divided highway American English a road with a barrier or strip of land in the middle that has lines of traffic travelling in each direction: I waited until we were on the dual carriageway before I overtook him.
▪freeway/expressway American English a very wide road in a city or between cities, on which cars can travel very fast without stopping: Take the Hollywood Freeway (101) south, exit at Vine Street and drive east on Franklin Avenue. | Over on the side of the expressway, he saw an enormous sedan, up against a stone wall.
▪motorway British English, highway American English a very wide road for travelling fast over long distances: The speed limit on the motorway is 70 miles an hour. | the Pacific Coast Highway
▪interstate American English a road for fast traffic that goes between states: The accident happened on Interstate 84, about 10 miles east of Hartford.
▪toll road a road that you pay to use: The government is planning to introduce toll roads, in an effort to cut traffic congestion.
▪turnpike American English a large road for fast traffic that you pay to use: He dropped her off at an entrance to the New Jersey Turnpike.
street S1 W1 /striːt/
noun [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: stræt
1. a public road in a city or town that has houses, shops etc on one or both sides:Origin: stræt
2. the streets [plural] (also the street) the busy public parts of a city where there is a lot of activity, excitement, and crime, or where people without homes live
on the streets
3. the man/woman in the street (also the man/woman on the street) the average person, who represents the general opinion about things:
4. (right) up your street British English exactly right for you
5. streets ahead (of somebody/something) British English informal much better than someone or something else:
⇨ backstreet, ⇨ be (living) on easy street at easy1(13), ⇨ one-way street at one-way(1), ⇨ high street, two-way street, ⇨ walk the streets at walk1(8)
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Roads and streets 公路和街道
In a town or city, street is the most general word for a road with houses and buildings on one or both sides.在城镇，street 为最宽泛的用语，指街道 ：◆ a street map of London 伦敦街道图 Street is not used for roads between towns, but streets in towns are often calledRoad .* street 不用以指城镇间的道路，而城镇里的街道常称作 Road ：◆ Oxford Street 牛津街 ◆ Mile End Road 迈尔恩德路 A road map of a country shows you the major routes between, around and through towns and cities.一个国家的公路交通图（road map）标有连接、环绕和穿越各城镇的主要路线。 Other words used in the names of streets include: Circle ,Court ,Crescent ,Drive ,Hill andWay .Avenue suggests a wide street lined with trees. Alane is a narrow street between buildings or, inBrE 其他可用于街道名称的词有 Circle、Court、Crescent、Drive、Hill 和 Way。avenue 指宽阔的林荫道，lane 指建筑物间的小巷、胡同，或在英式英语中指乡村小路。
The high street 市镇商业大街
High street is used inBrE * high street 用于英式英语，尤作商店、银行等集中的市镇商业大街名 ：◆ the record store in the High Street 商业大街的唱片商店 ◆ high street shops 市镇大街的商店 In NAmE Main Street is often used as a name for this street.在美式英语中，此义常用 Main Street 表示。
Larger roads 较宽大的公路
British and American English use different words for the roads that connect towns and cities. Motorways , (for example, the M57) inBrE freeways ,highways orinterstates , (for example State Route 347, Interstate 94, the Long Island Expressway) inNAmE 表示连接城镇的公路时，英式英语和美式英语的用词各异。motorway 用于英式英语（如 57 高速路），freeway、highway 或 interstate 用于美式英语（如 347 州道、94 州际公路、长岛高速公路），它们均指城外分道行驶的长途高速公路。 A ring road ( /anBrE outer belt ( is built around a city or town to reduce traffic in the centre. This can also be called aNAmE beltway inNAmE bypass passes around a town or city rather than through the centre.* ring road（英式英语）／outer belt（美式英语）指为减少市中心的交通流量修建的环城公路。在美式英语中亦可叫做 beltway，不过该词通常指华盛顿市的环城公路。bypass 指不穿越市中心，绕过城市的旁道。
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