streets

英 [striːts]

美 [strits]

n.  大街; 街道
street的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 大街;街道
  Astreetis a road in a city, town, or village, usually with houses along it.
  1. He lived at 66 Bingfield Street...
     他住在宾菲尔德大街 66 号。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT 户外;街头
  You can usestreetorstreetswhen talking about activities that happen out of doors in a town rather than inside a building.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. ...a New York street gang.
     纽约街头帮派
• See also:back streetcivvy streetDowning StreetFleet Streethigh streetWall Street
• PHRASE (比…)好得多
  If someone isstreets ahead ofyou, they are much better at something than you are.
  1. He was streets ahead of the other contestants.
     他比其他参赛选手水平高出一大截。
• PHRASE 普通人;平民百姓
  If you talk aboutthe man in the streetorthe man or woman in the street, you mean ordinary people in general.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 中…的意;和…对口
  If a job or activity isupyourstreet, it is the kind of job or activity that you are very interested in.
  1. 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

双语例句

• He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets.
  他推测自己已经发现了一条非法活动猖獗的街道。
• There were demonstrations in the streets today, under the watchful eye of police
  今天，在警方的监视下大街上进行了游行。
• Warm breezes from the South dried up the streets.
  来自南方的温暖和风吹干了街道。
• The square was packed, and the cobbled streets flowed with coloured petals.
  广场上挤满了人，鹅卵石铺就的街道上满是五颜六色的花朵。
• They fought running battles in the narrow streets with police.
  他们在狭窄的街道上和警察打起了游击战。
• The car growls along rutted streets.
  汽车在车辙纵横的街上一路轰鸣。
• The intensity of the blaze shattered windows, spraying glass on the streets below
  熊熊烈火灼裂了玻璃窗，碎玻璃飞溅到了下面的街道上。
• By day a woman could safely walk the streets, but at night the pavements became dangerous
  白天的时候，妇女可以安全地在街上行走，而到了夜晚人行道上会变得很危险。
• The streets were packed with men, women and children.
  街上挤满了男男女女和孩子们。
• The rioters barricaded streets with piles of blazing tyres
  暴徒用一堆堆燃烧的轮胎在大街上筑起了路障。