streets

英 [striːts]

美 [strits]

n.  大街; 街道
street的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 大街;街道
  Astreetis a road in a city, town, or village, usually with houses along it.
  1. He lived at 66 Bingfield Street...
     他住在宾菲尔德大街 66 号。
  2. Boppard is a small, quaint town with narrow streets.
     博帕德是一个有着许多深巷窄道、古香古色的小镇。
• N-COUNT 户外;街头
  You can usestreetorstreetswhen talking about activities that happen out of doors in a town rather than inside a building.
  1. Changing money on the street is illegal — always use a bank...
     在街头兑换货币是违法的——无论何时都应该去银行。
  2. Their aim is to raise a million pounds to get the homeless off the streets.
     他们的目标是筹集 100 万英镑，使那些无家可归者不再流浪街头。
  3. ...a New York street gang.
     纽约街头帮派
• See also:back streetcivvy streetDowning StreetFleet Streethigh streetWall Street
• PHRASE (比…)好得多
  If someone isstreets ahead ofyou, they are much better at something than you are.
  1. He was streets ahead of the other contestants.
     他比其他参赛选手水平高出一大截。
• PHRASE 普通人;平民百姓
  If you talk aboutthe man in the streetorthe man or woman in the street, you mean ordinary people in general.
  1. The average man or woman in the street doesn't know very much about immune disorders.
     普通人一般不是很了解何谓免疫机能紊乱。
• PHRASE 中…的意;和…对口
  If a job or activity isupyourstreet, it is the kind of job or activity that you are very interested in.
  1. She loved it, this was just up her street.
     她喜欢这个，这正中她的意。

in AM, use 美国英语用 up your alley

双语例句

• Their turf was Paris: its streets, theaters, homes, and parks
  巴黎是他们的地盘：那里熟悉的大街、剧院、住宅和公园。
• A storm moved directly over the island, demolishing buildings and flooding streets
  暴风雨径直席卷该岛，摧毁了建筑，淹没了街道。
• He cleared a passage for himself through the crammed streets
  他在拥挤的街道上挤出了一条通路。
• We toured the streets of Milan.
  我们游览了米兰的街道。
• He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets.
  他推测自己已经发现了一条非法活动猖獗的街道。
• Crowds armed with sticks and stones took to the streets.
  人群手持棍棒和石块走上了街头。
• Umbrellas shade outdoor cafes along winding cobblestone streets.
  在曲折蜿蜒的鹅卵石街道的两边，一把把阳伞为露天咖啡馆遮阴挡阳。
• He's of no fixed abode and we found him on the streets.
  他居无定所，我们发现他流落街头。
• By day a woman could safely walk the streets, but at night the pavements became dangerous
  白天的时候，妇女可以安全地在街上行走，而到了夜晚人行道上会变得很危险。
• Along the streets trees and flowers were planted.
  沿街种了花木。