| 词汇 | back-alley |
| 释义 | back alley noun[ C ] uk /ˈbæk ˌæl.i/ us /ˈbæk ˌæl.i/ a narrow passage behind or between buildings, especially in the older and poorer areas of a town or city: 陋巷（建筑物后或之间的狭窄通道，尤指市镇相对破旧、贫穷地区的） They were born into poverty and learned their trade in the back alleys of Naples, New York, or Chicago.他们出身贫穷，在那不勒斯、纽约及芝加哥的陋巷中学到了自己的手艺。 Pawel Gaul/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Roads: urban & residential streets access road adopt adopted alley arterial crossing guard cul-de-sac high street lane lollipop lady lollipop man parade plaza row runnel square st street the whole streetidiom unadopted Examples of back alleyback alley In the narrow backalley behind the house are piled quantities of garbage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If those constables did that up a backalley, people might say that it was worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not backalley, harum-scarum politicians. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Particular issues have arisen with personal security and public order problems in some housing schemes using backalley or back garden type links. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They then pull into a backalley, get out of the car, and commence to play the song on the street. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She had escaped as a puppy, and had been kept in a backalley by a shopkeeper until she was six months old. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The campus itself expanded in the 1970s with a massive highrise inserted in the backalley of old surgery clinic. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hatami advised him to try the backalley, by which he meant the path to the guest house, beyond the main house. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At the time, the back of my building was not enclosed so anyone could have driven in the backalley to observe my balcony. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Confused and frightened, the couple run into a backalley and enter a void of white space. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Exhausted, he stumbled into a backalley somewhere. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They find themselves in a backalley with police just around both ends. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His body was dumped in a backalley over a mile away. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He exhausts his funds and is reduced to homelessness and is forced to perform backalley medical procedures for cash. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All the nearby buildings seem to be facing away, making the plaza's 11 acre of concrete and brick feel like the world's largest backalley. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of back alley These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。