alley

noun

/ˈæli/

Idioms

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(also alleyway
/ˈæliweɪ/

/ˈæliweɪ/
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a narrow passage behind or between buildings
- a narrow/dark alley
- The car was hidden down a narrow alley in the downtown area.
- He ran down one of the dark alleys at the back of the shops.
see also back alley, blind alley, bowling alley
Extra Examples
- The alley leads to the restaurant kitchen.
- They had cornered him in an alley.
- a bar down a little alley
- a maze of narrow alleys
- An alley ran along the side of the house.
- He wandered back though the cobbled alleys.
- It is a medieval city of courtyards and twisting alleys.
- The book describes the conditions of the urban poor in the sordid alleys of Victorian cities.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dark
- darkened
- deserted
- …
alley + verb
- lead onto something
- lead to something
alley + noun
- cat
preposition
- along an/the alley
- down an/the alley
- up an/the alley
- …
See full entry
(North American English) the area between the pair of straight lines on a tennis or badminton court that mark the extra area that is used when four people are playing compare tramlines (2)Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2

单词	alley
释义	alley noun /ˈæli/ /ˈæli/ Idioms jump to other results enlarge image (also alleyway /ˈæliweɪ/ /ˈæliweɪ/ ) a narrow passage behind or between buildings a narrow/dark alley The car was hidden down a narrow alley in the downtown area. He ran down one of the dark alleys at the back of the shops. see also back alley, blind alley, bowling alley Extra Examples The alley leads to the restaurant kitchen. They had cornered him in an alley. a bar down a little alley a maze of narrow alleys An alley ran along the side of the house. He wandered back though the cobbled alleys. It is a medieval city of courtyards and twisting alleys. The book describes the conditions of the urban poor in the sordid alleys of Victorian cities. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective dark darkened deserted … alley + verb lead onto something lead to something alley + noun cat preposition along an/the alley down an/the alley up an/the alley … See full entry (North American English) the area between the pair of straight lines on a tennis or badminton court that mark the extra area that is used when four people are playing compare tramlines (2)Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2 see also back-alley Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French alee ‘walking or passage’, from aler ‘go’, from Latin ambulare ‘to walk’. Idioms (right) up your alley (North American English) (especially British English (right) up your street) (informal) very suitable for you because it is something that you know a lot about or are very interested in A teaching job would be right up her alley.
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