| 单词 | street furniture |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstreet furniture street furniture n. objects commonly encountered in a street; now spec. (originally Town Planning) articles fixed in the street for public use, as postboxes, road signs, benches, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > post boxes, road-signs, etc. street furniture1836 1836 C. Colton Four Years Great Brit. 97 Their rapid driving..soon defaces and cripples them [sc. cabs], as they are liable to come in frequent contact with other street furniture, in consequence of the fury with which they are driven. 1860 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 96 They are prone..to walk the same streets at the same hours,..so that one becomes familiar with their faces and persons, as a part of the street-furniture. 1944 J. C. Riddell Rep. Post War Housing 11 In all future planning there should..be the closest co-operation between all departments and services responsible for the erection of street furniture and small buildings. 2002 Best of Brit. Nov. 39/1 Belisha beacons—those familiar flashing items of street furniture that have remained unchanged almost fifty years on. < as lemmas |
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