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单词 on the streets
释义

on the streets

1Homeless: the number of people who are out on the streets is lower than twelve months ago...
  • I have seen our lost generation of young people, in hostels for the homeless or out on the streets.
  • A homeless woman is back on the streets again after being evicted from a telephone box.
  • The number of people sleeping rough on the streets of Bedford has risen in the last year.

Synonyms

homeless, living rough, sleeping rough, without a roof over one's head, of no fixed abode, down and out, vagrant
2Working as a prostitute: there are fewer girls on the streets these days, so prices have risen...
  • There would be a lot less prostitutes on the streets where anything can happen to them.
  • I was homeless, working as a prostitute on the streets of the red light area of Leeds.
  • Many of the other girls on the streets would go to her when they needed physical protection.
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