单词 | service alley |
释义 | > as lemmasservice alley service alley n. a road or passage giving access to the back of a row of buildings. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun] > at the back of houses back entry1677 service alley1885 service lane1899 jigger1902 1885 C. Eliot Jrnl. 22 Dec. in C. W. Eliot Charles Eliot: Landscape Gardener (1902) iv. 57 There are no service alleys; so that in some parts of the town the houses look across the street at the backs of other houses. 1907 Sun (Baltimore) 7 May 11/4 In my opinion all inside alleys, with the exception of service alleys, should be abolished. 2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 12 Dec. a16/1 Smokers have to walk about 100 feet down a service alley, past garbage bins and into a street not even visible from the bar to have a smoke. < as lemmas |
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