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Street People Ahead Informal Town Striːt Noun Walk

The word "street" refers to a road in a city or town, usually with houses or buildings along it. It can also refer to public spaces outside buildings, or be used in phrases like "streets ahead" (significantly better) and "man in the street" (ordinary person).

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[N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 名称名词;名称名词]大街;街道 A street is a road in a city, town, or village, usually with houses along it.
  • He lived at 66 Bingfield Street...

    他住在宾菲尔德大街 66 号。

  • Boppard is a small, quaint town with narrow streets.

    博帕德是一个有着许多深巷窄道、古香古色的小镇。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]户外;街头 You can use street or streets when talking about activities that happen out of doors in a town rather than inside a building.
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  • Changing money on the street is illegal — always use a bank...

    在街头兑换货币是违法的——无论何时都应该去银行。

  • Their aim is to raise a million pounds to get the homeless off the streets.

    他们的目标是筹集 100 万英镑,使那些无家可归者不再流浪街头。

  • ...a New York street gang.

    纽约街头帮派

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See also:
back street
civvy street
Downing Street
Fleet Street
high street
Wall Street
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    [PHRASE 短语](比…)好得多 If someone is streets ahead of you, they are much better at something than you are.
      [usu v-link PHR]
    • He was streets ahead of the other contestants.

      他比其他参赛选手水平高出一大截。

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    [PHRASE 短语]普通人;平民百姓 If you talk about the man in the street or the man or woman in the street, you mean ordinary people in general.
    • The average man or woman in the street doesn't know very much about immune disorders.

      普通人一般不是很了解何谓免疫机能紊乱。

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    [PHRASE 短语]中…的意;和…对口 If a job or activity is up your street, it is the kind of job or activity that you are very interested in.
      [usu v-link PHR]
      [BRIT 英]
    • She loved it, this was just up her street.

      她喜欢这个,这正中她的意。

    in AM, use 美国英语用 up your alley

    Oxford street / striːt ; NAmE striːt /
    noun
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    adjective
    street streets
    noun 1 [countable ] ( abbr.St , st ) a public road in a city or town that has houses and buildings on one side or both sides 大街;街道 The bank is just across the street. 银行就在街对过。 to walk along/down/up the street 沿着街道走 the town's narrow cobbled streets 镇上狭窄的卵石街道 92nd Street 第 92 大街 10 Downing Street 唐宁街 10 号 He is used to being recognized in the street. 街上常有人认出他来,他习以为常了。 a street map/planof York 约克街道地图╱平面图 street theatre/musicians 街头戏剧╱乐手 My office is at street level (= on the ground floor). 我的办公室在一楼。 It's not safe to walk the streetsat night. 夜间在街上走不安全。 note at
    road
    see also
    backstreet
    n.
    ,
    high street
    ,
    side street
    2 [singular ] the ideas and opinions of ordinary people, especially people who live in cities, which are considered important (尤指城市里)街头民意 The feeling I get from the street is that we have a good chance of winning this election. 我从街头民意调查感觉到我们很有机会赢得这场选举。 The word on the streetis that it's not going to happen. 民众普遍认为此事不会发生。 IDIOMS (out) on the ˈstreets/ˈstreet ( informal) without a home; outside, not in a house or other building 无家可归;流落街头;在外面大街上 the problems of young people living on the streets 年轻人流落街头的种种问题 If it had been left to me I would have put him out on the street long ago. 换了我,早就把他赶出家门了。 on/walking the ˈstreets working as a prostitute 做妓女;靠卖淫为生 ˈstreets ahead (of sb/sth) ( BrE) ( informal) much better or more advanced than sb/sth else (比某人或事物)好得多,先进得多 a country that is streets ahead in the control of environmental pollution 一个在整治环境污染方面远远走在前面的国家 the streets are ˌpaved with ˈgold ( saying) used to say that it seems easy to make money in a place (表示在某地挣钱容易)遍地都是黄金 (right) up your ˈstreet ( especially BrE) ( NAmE usually (right) up your ˈalley ) ( informal) very suitable for you because it is sth that you know a lot about or are very interested in (正)适合你;(正)和你对口 This job seems right up your street. 这工作看来对你正合适。 more at
    easy
    adj.
    ,
    hit
    v.
    ,
    man
    n.
    adjective [only before noun ] informal and based on the daily life of ordinary people in cities 街头的 street sports such as skateboarding and skating 街头运动,如滑板和溜冰 street newspapers sold by the homeless 无家可归者卖的街头报纸 street culture/dance/law 街头文化;街舞;街头法规 street / striːt ; NAmE striːt /
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    street1 noun
    street2 adjective
    streetstreet1 /striːt/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable]
    Word Origin
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    1a public road in a city or town that has houses, shops etc on one or both sides:  We moved to Center Street when I was young. She lives just a few streets away. I walked on further down the street. Someone just moved in across the street. a car parked on the other side of the street2the streets [plural] (also the street) the busy public parts of a city where there is a lot of activity, excitement, and crime, or where people without homes liveon the streets young people living on the streets She felt quite safe walking the streets after dark. Children as young as five are left to roam the streets (=walk around the streets) at night. street musicians (=ones who play on the street) She has written about the realities of street life (=living on the streets).3the man/woman in the street (also the man/woman on the street) the average person, who represents the general opinion about things:  The man on the street assumes that all politicians are corrupt.4(right) up your street British English exactly right for you5streets ahead (of somebody/something) British English informal much better than someone or something else:  James is streets ahead of the rest of the class at reading.
    backstreet1
    , → be (living) on easy street
    at easy1(13)
    , → one-way street
    at one-way(1)
    , high street
    , two-way street
    , → walk the streets
    at walk1(8)
    COLLOCATIONSadjectivesbusy (=with a lot of traffic or people)· The house faces onto a busy street.crowded (=with a lot of people)· The streets get very crowded at weekends.quiet (=with very few people)· It was late and the streets were quiet.empty/deserted (=with no people)· As he walked home, the street was deserted.narrow· an old city with quaint narrow streetsthe main street (=the biggest street in a town or village)· They drove slowly along the main street.the high street British English (=the main street with shops)· I bought this coat at a shop on the high street.a shopping street British English (=with a lot of shops)· This is one of Europe’s most elegant shopping streets.a residential street (=with houses, not shops)· a quiet residential streeta one-way street (=in which you can only drive in one direction)· He was caught driving the wrong way down a one-way street.a side/back street (=a small quiet street near the main street)· The restaurant is tucked away in a side street.winding streets (=streets that turn in many directions)· We spent hours exploring the town’s winding streets.cobbled streets (=with a surface made from round stones)· The cobbled streets were closed to cars.verbscross the street (=walk to the other side)· She crossed the street and walked into the bank.street + NOUNa street corner (=a place where streets meet)· Youths were standing around on street corners.a street light/lamp· It was getting dark, and the street lamps were already on.street crime/violence (=when people are attacked in the street)· Young men are most likely to be victims of street crime.street clothes (=ordinary clothes, not a special uniform or costume)· She changed into her street clothes and left the theatre.
    street1 noun
    street2 adjective
    streetstreet2 adjective informal
    Collocations
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    relating to or similar to fashions, types of music, or attitudes that are popular with young people in cities:  Her style is very street.
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    streets[34515]
    街道(65%),马路(28%),街道的(7%)
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    n.(Street)人名;(英、葡)斯特里特;(德)施特雷特

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