boreen
noun [ C ] Irish English uk/bɔːˈriːn/ us/bɔːˈriːn/
乡村小巷
a narrow lane (= a small road) in the countryside
All round the boreens are small cottages where many of the older rural community live. 小巷四周都是小村舍,许多较老的农村社区坐落在那里。
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- The couple bought a neglected farmhouse at the end of an overgrown kilometre-long boreen in West Cork.
- As we were driving along the coast road to Sligo, Peter slowed down beside the entrance to a narrow lane, or boreen.
- Martin drives up a hilly boreen known locally as the Mayo Lane.
- He had frequently led patrols along the narrow roads and boreens that ran like veins through the countryside about Cork.
- Up roads and down boreens I went in the truck, carrying turf.