英语词汇“alley”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINalley

Origin:

1300-1400 Old French alee, from aler ‘to go’, from Latin ambulare; ➔ AMBLE

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

A delivery truck blocked the alley.
A narrow alley led up between the houses to the main street.
Women in white aprons gossiped in the alley between the apartment blocks.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

And being a dead end, the alley led to nowhere else.
Back in the main town, we explored twisting alleys which eventually led us to the old Frankish quarter.
Entry is gained from an alley on the side, so narrow that it can at best take a single car.
It overlooked an alley, and the bay windows were sun-blocked by the townhouse at 93.
Locals welcome any efforts to beautify the alleys.
Meredith glanced up uncertainly at the four-storey buildings soaring up forbiddingly on either side of the alley where they were walking.
Others went in alleys behind the buildings and lofted rocks and bottles over the roofs.

Longman Language Activatorin a town► road

a hard level surface made for cars and other vehicles to travel on: · They're building a new road around the city centre.· I live at 37 King's Road, Birmingham.cross the road: · Before crossing the road, stop, look, and listen.by the side/edge of the road: · Something was lying in the gutter by the side of the road.across/over the road (=on the other side of the road): · A widow lives in the house just across the road.along/down/up the road (=on the same road): · I went to the girls' school down the road.main road (=a large road where there is likely to be a lot of traffic): · They turned left at the gas station, into the busy main road.busy road (=a road where there is a lot of traffic): · It's amazing how many schools front busy roads.

► street

a road in the main part of a town, with houses, shops, or offices and sometimes a path down each side for people to walk on: · There were stores on both sides of the street.· Wall Street is a famous financial center in New York.the streets of London/Paris/Istanbul etc: · Pablo loved wandering through the streets of Barcelona.in/on the streets: · We need more police on the streets.along/down/up the street: · Victoria can't walk down the street without someone recognizing her.live in a streetBritish /on a street American: · She had lived in the same street in London all her life.somebody's street (=the street where someone lives): · Our street was just a row of brick terraced houses.

► high street

British /main street American the main street in the middle of a town where most of the shops and offices are: · Our bank used to have a branch in every high street.· The small town of Whitehorse, Alaska consists of a half-mile long main street and a few scattered houses.· Albert Road is just off the High Street.

► back street

also back alley American a small street, away from the main streets of a town, where there are no large shops or important buildings: · They went exploring the dark, narrow back alleys of the old part of town.· It took us almost an hour to find her house in a narrow little back street.

► side street

a small quiet road away from any main roads: · If the car park's full you might find a space in one of the side streets.

► alley

a very narrow street or path between buildings in a town: · A narrow alley led up between the houses to the main street.· Women in white aprons gossiped in the alley between the apartment blocks.

► avenue/boulevard

a wide road often with trees along each side of it, especially one that is long and straight - often used in street names: · She lives in a large house on Acacia Avenue.· New York's 5th Avenue· The apartment is located on Jackson Boulevard.· New Delhi, with its elegant wide avenues and impressive government buildings, is a complete contrast with Old Delhi.· There are plans to replace the old highway with a braod tree-lined boulevard.

► cul-de-sac/dead end/dead end street

a street that is closed at one end so there is only one way in and out: · We got to know the neighbors on our cul-de-sac quite well.· Archie lives on a dead end street, so it is very quiet.· Honey, this is a dead end - you'll have to turn around.

► drive

a road with houses on it, especially a beautiful one - used in street names: · She was found dead at her home in Maple Drive.

► close

British a road with houses along each side of it and with only one way in or out - used in street names: · Fran lives at 37 Appian Close.

► crescent

British a street with a curved shape - used in street names: · Turn left into Badgerly Crescent.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► back

· Then we took off down the back alleys in case some one saw us and told our parents.· Give me a dark back alley compared with being a pinball in the gallery of the desperate.· We exited into a back alley via the fire door.· Riot police stood guard even in tiny back alleys.· Fifteen months ago this was a place with one casino and a couple of back-alley betting shops.· When the bars closed, she and her sister drove through back alleys hunting for him.· When I woke up I was in some back alley.· But then so am I if I saw a lion wandering around the back alleys of Danang, right?

► blind

· Yet on several occasions when running out of defence he turned down blind alleys.· Progress can not be made without exploring blind alleys.· Dark passageways and blind alleys obscure the light at the end of the tunnel.· If the police went charging up a blind alley as a result of her information, it wouldn't be her fault.· Our analysis should clearly indicate the several blind alleys which Frey here explores.· The echinoderms may seem, from a human point of view, to be a blind alley of no particular importance.· This way of thinking has to be one of the blinder alleys that we have been led up by psychoanalysis.

► dark

· I wouldn't like to be stuck down a dark alley at night with whoever put the boot in here.· Give me a dark back alley compared with being a pinball in the gallery of the desperate.· Rachel looks quietly excited, peering round this dark alley like it's the entrance to a new nightclub.· We imagine our children being accosted in dark alleys and force-fed narcotics until their souls are no longer their own.· That's where Desperate Dan, spying on the proceedings from a safe, dark alley, had got it wrong.· You wouldn't want to meet her coming towards you down a dark alley.

► little

· He went down the steps and through the little brick alley.· There were little lamps illuminating the little rat alleys.· We need this little private alley where we can meet.

► narrow

· Graham and Slater walked down the narrow alley formed by the seedy, decaying stonework and the painted wood.· We turned off the main street into a narrow, shaded alley.· When she reached Soho, a policeman directed her to Manette Street; a narrow alley between two tall buildings.· Then I reached a narrow alley full of large snowballs.· Every road, every lane, even the narrowest of alleys was taken up with stalls.· He threads his way through narrow alleys where the sun never penetrates.· I'd overshot the narrow alley before it registered properly.· She followed Will along the mean cobbled streets until he paused alongside a narrow alley.

NOUN► bowling

· The hotel also offers a three-lane bowling alley with a bar.· In addition there is a billiard room, solarium, cinema, indoor and outdoor pools, bowling alley and gym.· Downstairs is a Tyrolean-style bowling alley and cellar bar.· There is a bowling alley near the station, and two minigolf courses.

► cat

· He may have the morals of an alley cat but raping a semi-comatose girl was beyond him.· I mercilessly left his fate in her hands; it was like leaving a goldfish in the care of an alley cat.· Wise-guy Brooklyn alley cats had bread and dripping for tea, just as I did on Sunday evenings.

► side

· When they returned Jenkins again led the way out into the side alley behind the bar.· He turns down a small side alley where the scene is quieter, with fewer glaring neon signs and nude photo displays.

VERB► bowl

· When I return to the bowling alley, some kids are getting wild.· The bowling alley fire in a neighboring town that killed five firemen when my father was deputy fire chief.· The incident grew out of student efforts to integrate the local bowling alley.· On Feb. 13, 1993, a massive brawl broke out in a Hampton, Va., bowling alley.· So most of our bases have bowling alleys, and we built a bowling alley at this base.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► right up/down somebody’s alley

The job sounds right up your alley.
She said, I will tell you this Bobby Kennedy is right up my alley.

单词	alley
释义	alleyal‧ley /ˈæli/ ●●○ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINalley Origin: 1300-1400 Old French alee, from aler ‘to go’, from Latin ambulare; ➔ AMBLE Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A delivery truck blocked the alley. A narrow alley led up between the houses to the main street. Women in white aprons gossiped in the alley between the apartment blocks. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And being a dead end, the alley led to nowhere else. Back in the main town, we explored twisting alleys which eventually led us to the old Frankish quarter. Entry is gained from an alley on the side, so narrow that it can at best take a single car. It overlooked an alley, and the bay windows were sun-blocked by the townhouse at 93. Locals welcome any efforts to beautify the alleys. Meredith glanced up uncertainly at the four-storey buildings soaring up forbiddingly on either side of the alley where they were walking. Others went in alleys behind the buildings and lofted rocks and bottles over the roofs. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorin a town► road a hard level surface made for cars and other vehicles to travel on: · They're building a new road around the city centre.· I live at 37 King's Road, Birmingham.cross the road: · Before crossing the road, stop, look, and listen.by the side/edge of the road: · Something was lying in the gutter by the side of the road.across/over the road (=on the other side of the road): · A widow lives in the house just across the road.along/down/up the road (=on the same road): · I went to the girls' school down the road.main road (=a large road where there is likely to be a lot of traffic): · They turned left at the gas station, into the busy main road.busy road (=a road where there is a lot of traffic): · It's amazing how many schools front busy roads. ► street a road in the main part of a town, with houses, shops, or offices and sometimes a path down each side for people to walk on: · There were stores on both sides of the street.· Wall Street is a famous financial center in New York.the streets of London/Paris/Istanbul etc: · Pablo loved wandering through the streets of Barcelona.in/on the streets: · We need more police on the streets.along/down/up the street: · Victoria can't walk down the street without someone recognizing her.live in a streetBritish /on a street American: · She had lived in the same street in London all her life.somebody's street (=the street where someone lives): · Our street was just a row of brick terraced houses. ► high street British /main street American the main street in the middle of a town where most of the shops and offices are: · Our bank used to have a branch in every high street.· The small town of Whitehorse, Alaska consists of a half-mile long main street and a few scattered houses.· Albert Road is just off the High Street. ► back street also back alley American a small street, away from the main streets of a town, where there are no large shops or important buildings: · They went exploring the dark, narrow back alleys of the old part of town.· It took us almost an hour to find her house in a narrow little back street. ► side street a small quiet road away from any main roads: · If the car park's full you might find a space in one of the side streets. ► alley a very narrow street or path between buildings in a town: · A narrow alley led up between the houses to the main street.· Women in white aprons gossiped in the alley between the apartment blocks. ► avenue/boulevard a wide road often with trees along each side of it, especially one that is long and straight - often used in street names: · She lives in a large house on Acacia Avenue.· New York's 5th Avenue· The apartment is located on Jackson Boulevard.· New Delhi, with its elegant wide avenues and impressive government buildings, is a complete contrast with Old Delhi.· There are plans to replace the old highway with a braod tree-lined boulevard. ► cul-de-sac/dead end/dead end street a street that is closed at one end so there is only one way in and out: · We got to know the neighbors on our cul-de-sac quite well.· Archie lives on a dead end street, so it is very quiet.· Honey, this is a dead end - you'll have to turn around. ► drive a road with houses on it, especially a beautiful one - used in street names: · She was found dead at her home in Maple Drive. ► close British a road with houses along each side of it and with only one way in or out - used in street names: · Fran lives at 37 Appian Close. ► crescent British a street with a curved shape - used in street names: · Turn left into Badgerly Crescent. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► back · Then we took off down the back alleys in case some one saw us and told our parents.· Give me a dark back alley compared with being a pinball in the gallery of the desperate.· We exited into a back alley via the fire door.· Riot police stood guard even in tiny back alleys.· Fifteen months ago this was a place with one casino and a couple of back-alley betting shops.· When the bars closed, she and her sister drove through back alleys hunting for him.· When I woke up I was in some back alley.· But then so am I if I saw a lion wandering around the back alleys of Danang, right? ► blind · Yet on several occasions when running out of defence he turned down blind alleys.· Progress can not be made without exploring blind alleys.· Dark passageways and blind alleys obscure the light at the end of the tunnel.· If the police went charging up a blind alley as a result of her information, it wouldn't be her fault.· Our analysis should clearly indicate the several blind alleys which Frey here explores.· The echinoderms may seem, from a human point of view, to be a blind alley of no particular importance.· This way of thinking has to be one of the blinder alleys that we have been led up by psychoanalysis. ► dark · I wouldn't like to be stuck down a dark alley at night with whoever put the boot in here.· Give me a dark back alley compared with being a pinball in the gallery of the desperate.· Rachel looks quietly excited, peering round this dark alley like it's the entrance to a new nightclub.· We imagine our children being accosted in dark alleys and force-fed narcotics until their souls are no longer their own.· That's where Desperate Dan, spying on the proceedings from a safe, dark alley, had got it wrong.· You wouldn't want to meet her coming towards you down a dark alley. ► little · He went down the steps and through the little brick alley.· There were little lamps illuminating the little rat alleys.· We need this little private alley where we can meet. ► narrow · Graham and Slater walked down the narrow alley formed by the seedy, decaying stonework and the painted wood.· We turned off the main street into a narrow, shaded alley.· When she reached Soho, a policeman directed her to Manette Street; a narrow alley between two tall buildings.· Then I reached a narrow alley full of large snowballs.· Every road, every lane, even the narrowest of alleys was taken up with stalls.· He threads his way through narrow alleys where the sun never penetrates.· I'd overshot the narrow alley before it registered properly.· She followed Will along the mean cobbled streets until he paused alongside a narrow alley. NOUN► bowling · The hotel also offers a three-lane bowling alley with a bar.· In addition there is a billiard room, solarium, cinema, indoor and outdoor pools, bowling alley and gym.· Downstairs is a Tyrolean-style bowling alley and cellar bar.· There is a bowling alley near the station, and two minigolf courses. ► cat · He may have the morals of an alley cat but raping a semi-comatose girl was beyond him.· I mercilessly left his fate in her hands; it was like leaving a goldfish in the care of an alley cat.· Wise-guy Brooklyn alley cats had bread and dripping for tea, just as I did on Sunday evenings. ► side · When they returned Jenkins again led the way out into the side alley behind the bar.· He turns down a small side alley where the scene is quieter, with fewer glaring neon signs and nude photo displays. VERB► bowl · When I return to the bowling alley, some kids are getting wild.· The bowling alley fire in a neighboring town that killed five firemen when my father was deputy fire chief.· The incident grew out of student efforts to integrate the local bowling alley.· On Feb. 13, 1993, a massive brawl broke out in a Hampton, Va., bowling alley.· So most of our bases have bowling alleys, and we built a bowling alley at this base. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► right up/down somebody’s alley The job sounds right up your alley. She said, I will tell you this Bobby Kennedy is right up my alley. 1[countable] (also alleyway) a narrow street between or behind buildings, not usually used by cars: The alley led to the railway bridge. She found the side alley where the stage door was located.2right up/down somebody’s alley very suitable for someone: The job sounds right up your alley. → blind alley, bowling alley
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