| 释义 |
King Street|ˈkɪŋ striːt|
[Name of the street near Covent Garden, London, in which the headquarters of the Communist Party of Great Britain Executive Committee has been situated since 1920.]
Used transf. to designate the Communist Party of Great Britain, its members, or its leaders. Also attrib.
1958C. Cockburn Crossing Line iii. 49 The place did good business in those days..because the Daily Worker staff and the people from King Street..used it. Ibid. v. 83 This was a situation which gave many people at King Street nightmares. 1961Guardian 5 June 8/4 The Labour party..shunning the support of King Street. 1964C. Driver Disarmers iii. 72 If the King Street commissars were not so invincibly stupid, they would have insisted that the movement be left severely alone. 1970Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Sept. 1016/3 Even if not a card-carrying member of the Communist Party, Strachey was at this time the grey eminence of King Street. 1972Observer 8 Oct. 29/2 One version of events is that ‘King Street’ had decided the miners wouldn't end the strike unless they were given 25 per cent. King Street means the headquarters of the Communist Party. |