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

• This is the seventh year that he has worked the streets of Manhattan.
  这是他在曼哈顿街头献艺的第7个年头。
• Crowds armed with sticks and stones took to the streets.
  人群手持棍棒和石块走上了街头。
• The car growls along rutted streets.
  汽车在车辙纵横的街上一路轰鸣。
• 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。
• 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。
• He trailed through the wet Manhattan streets
  他没精打采地走过曼哈顿湿漉漉的街道。
• A storm moved directly over the island, demolishing buildings and flooding streets
  暴风雨径直席卷该岛，摧毁了建筑，淹没了街道。
• Youths threw up barricades on the streets.
  年轻人在街上匆匆垒起路障。
• The uncollected garbage mounts in city streets
  未收的垃圾在市区街道上越积越多。
• There were armoured personnel carriers and tanks on the streets
  街上有装甲运兵车和坦克。