Engelsk navneord: street | |||
1. | street (om genstand) a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They walked the streets of the small town. He lives on Nassau Street. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | thoroughfare | ||
Mere specifikke termer | alley, alleyway, avenue, back street, boulevard, cross street, high street, local road, local street, main street, mews, rue, side street | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Bowery, Broadway, Champs Elysees, Downing Street, Fleet Street, Great White Way, Harley Street, Lombard Street, Pall Mall, Park Ave., Park Avenue, Quai d'Orsay, Strand, Wall St., Wall Street, Whitehall | ||
Vedrærer disse specifikke termer | pavement, paving | ||
2. | street (om genstand) the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Be careful crossing the street. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | thoroughfare | ||
Mere specifikke termer | one-way street, two-way street | ||
3. | street (om tilstand) the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She tried to keep her children off the street. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | environment | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | concrete jungle | ||
4. | street (om tilstand) a situation offering opportunities | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He worked both sides of the street. Cooperation is a two-way street. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | chance, opportunity | ||
Overordnet anvendelse | colloquialism | ||
5. | street (om gruppe) people living or working on the same street | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The whole street protested the absence of street lights. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | neighborhood, neighbourhood | ||