Downing Streetn.

Brit.

/ˈdaʊnɪŋ striːt/, U.S.

/ˈdaʊnɪŋ ˌstrit/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Downing , street n.

Etymology: < the name of Sir George Downing (1623–84), British diplomat + street n. Compare number ten adj. and n. at number n. Compounds 3d.

A short street in London running out of Whitehall towards St James's Park and containing the official residence of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer; hence, by metonymy, the British Government, Prime Minister, or the Prime Minister's staff.Downing Street was built during the early 1680s by Sir George Downing (1623–84), after whom it is named. No. 10 was acquired by the Crown in 1732 and has served as the official residence of the British Prime Minister since that date, though many have chosen to live elsewhere. No. 11 is the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > official residence > [noun] > specific

Downing Street1772

white house1811

stud house1813

number ten1953

1772 Public Advertiser 28 Nov. I have not..yet perceived that any eloquent Patriot has made the House ring again with an Abuse much less considerable in Downing-Street than in Calcutta.

1781 A. Storer Let. 1 Mar. in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1897) App. vi. 467 Even though Lord North reject my application, or neglect the good-natured interference of those friends, who..have no small weight in Downing Street.

1831 Ld. Palmerston Let. 1 Mar. in H. L. Bulwer Palmerston (1870) II. viii. 48 The French..need not wish to have truer or warmer friends than they now have in Downing Street.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxxi. 308 Look! here comes the Foreign Express galloping in. They will be able to give news to Downing Street to-morrow.

1858 Leisure Hour 18 Nov. 728/1 The decrees and counsels of Downing Street will be heard simultaneously in Pekin or Canton.

1920 K. Jones Fleet St. & Downing St. 330 Thus would Fleet Street and Downing Street at last understand one another.

1971 B. Graham Spy Trap xvi. 112 Dmitrov..instructed him to watch for a memorandum from Downing Street.

2010 Observer (Nexis) 30 May 1 Downing Street issued a statement saying merely: ‘The prime minister has been made aware of this situation.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	downing street
释义	Downing Streetn. Brit. /ˈdaʊnɪŋ striːt/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnɪŋ ˌstrit/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Downing , street n. Etymology: < the name of Sir George Downing (1623–84), British diplomat + street n. Compare number ten adj. and n. at number n. Compounds 3d. A short street in London running out of Whitehall towards St James's Park and containing the official residence of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer; hence, by metonymy, the British Government, Prime Minister, or the Prime Minister's staff.Downing Street was built during the early 1680s by Sir George Downing (1623–84), after whom it is named. No. 10 was acquired by the Crown in 1732 and has served as the official residence of the British Prime Minister since that date, though many have chosen to live elsewhere. No. 11 is the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > official residence > [noun] > specific Downing Street1772 white house1811 stud house1813 number ten1953 1772 Public Advertiser 28 Nov. I have not..yet perceived that any eloquent Patriot has made the House ring again with an Abuse much less considerable in Downing-Street than in Calcutta. 1781 A. Storer Let. 1 Mar. in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1897) App. vi. 467 Even though Lord North reject my application, or neglect the good-natured interference of those friends, who..have no small weight in Downing Street. 1831 Ld. Palmerston Let. 1 Mar. in H. L. Bulwer Palmerston (1870) II. viii. 48 The French..need not wish to have truer or warmer friends than they now have in Downing Street. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxxi. 308 Look! here comes the Foreign Express galloping in. They will be able to give news to Downing Street to-morrow. 1858 Leisure Hour 18 Nov. 728/1 The decrees and counsels of Downing Street will be heard simultaneously in Pekin or Canton. 1920 K. Jones Fleet St. & Downing St. 330 Thus would Fleet Street and Downing Street at last understand one another. 1971 B. Graham Spy Trap xvi. 112 Dmitrov..instructed him to watch for a memorandum from Downing Street. 2010 Observer (Nexis) 30 May 1 Downing Street issued a statement saying merely: ‘The prime minister has been made aware of this situation.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1772
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