| 单词 | street refuge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstreet refuge street refuge n. (a) a (usually raised) area in a street, providing refuge for pedestrians from traffic; = refuge n. 4c; (b) an establishment providing meals and shelter for homeless people (cf. refuge n. 4a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > portion for safety of pedestrians street island1853 island1869 refuge1869 street refuge1879 traffic island1887 safety island1893 safety isle1902 safety zone1915 1879 Times 1 Feb. 6/2 Thirty-six of these [street] lamps are on the footways, four on the street refuges. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 11 Jan. 5/2 A new street-refuge should be constructed. 1986 Stone's Justices' Man. (ed. 118) III. v. 6924 ‘Central reservation’ means any provision, not consisting of a street refuge, made in a road for separating one part of the carriageway of that road from another. 1994 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 22 Feb. a7 The volunteer cost to citizens of street refuges and the municipal cost of the social workers. 2003 K. Hopper Reckoning with Homelessness iii. 107 In contrast to most street refuges, such basic survival issues as food, toilet facilities, warmth, privacy, and cleanliness were not pressing ones for men in the tunnels. < as lemmas |
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