单词 | across the way |
释义 | > as lemmasacross (also over) the way a. across (also over) the way: on the opposite side of the street; (also more widely) nearby. ΚΠ 1609 W. Rowley Search for Money 4 What if we enquir'd at the Shoomakers ouer the way? 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion vii. 16 At last the Maid Servant..did acquaint her with the great love which her Neighbour over the way did bear unto her. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. xvii. 302 This gentleman has been at play at that there gaming-house over the way. 1792 M. Flinders Diary 11 Mar. in Gratefull to Providence (2009) II. 106 I intend this spring to make a thorough repair of my Cottages across the way, viz. to wholly brick the front. 1834 C. Dickens Let. 3 Sept. (1965) I. 41 There is a coach-office carrier delivering a hamper over the way. 1880 Harper's Mag. June 75/1 I only knew that a nice boy across the way seemed very fond of those little Indian turnips. 1943 K. Tynan Let. 13 Sept. (1994) i. 8 There is a mad cow in the barn, a bull that brays in the next field, and a lovely girl in the cottage over the way. 1995 B. Bryson Notes from Small Island (1996) xxvii. 323 I..passed the time between nibbles watching a white-haired couple at a table across the way. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane ii. 31 Which neighbours, he asks! Them! Across the way. They see everything. < as lemmas |
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