street
noun [ C ] uk/striːt/ us/striːt/
A1 街，街道，大街
a road in a city or town that has buildings that are usually close together along one or both sides
The streets were strewn with rubbish after the parade. 狂欢节过后，街上到处是垃圾。
a street map 街道图
Our daughter lives just across the street from us. 我们的女儿就住在我们家街对面。
Diane's house is in/on Cherry Street. 黛安的房子在切里街上。
Men whistle at us when we're just walking down the street. 即便我们只是从街上走过，男人们也会向我们吹口哨。
Make sure you look both ways when you cross the street. 过马路时一定要看两边。
The town's streets were deserted by dusk. 夜幕降临时，镇子的街上便空无一人了。
At five in the morning, there were still crowds of people roaming the streets. 清晨5点，仍有人群在街头游荡。
I bought these sunglasses from a street vendor in Florence. 我在佛罗伦萨从一个街头小贩那儿买了这副太阳镜。
take to the streets 上街游行示威，走上街头
When people take to the streets, they express their opposition to something in public and often violently.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against the military coup. 数千人走上街头抗议军事政变。
Opposition groups took to the streets last night.
Millions of people around the world took to the streets to say no to war.
Supporters of the ex-president took to the streets in violent scenes.
It's not surprising that people are taking to the streets when they can't afford to feed their children.
- More examples
- The street was familiar to me.
- They live at the bottom of our street .
- I live in dread of bumping into her in the street.
- I can't go down that street - there's a 'No entry' sign.
- Her handbag was snatched from her in the street.
Idioms
be streets aheadidiom UK informalC2 （比另一物或人）好得多，明显领先
to be much better or much more advanced than another thing or person
The latest sales figures show that we're streets ahead of the competition. 最新销售数字显示我们在竞争中遥遥领先。
be up your streetidiom UK (US be up your alley) 对（某人）的胃口，在（某人）的兴趣范围内
to be the type of thing that you are interested in or that you enjoy doing
Carpentry isn't really up my street. I'd rather pay someone else to do it. 木匠活儿我做不来。我宁愿花钱请人来做。
I have a little job for you which is right (= exactly) up your street. 我有点儿非常适合你干的活儿给你做。
the man/woman in the streetidiom UK (US the man/woman on the street) 平民百姓，市井小民
an ordinary, average person whose opinions are considered to represent most people
To win the election he needs to appeal to the typical man in the street. 他要在选举中获胜就需要迎合普通百姓。
on the streetsidiom (US also on the street) 无家可归的，流落街头的
without a home
Some of these people have been living on the streets for years. 这些人中有一些已经流落街头好几年了。
the streets are paved with goldidiom literary （某个地方）遍地是黄金
said about a place where it is easy to get rich, or where people imagine that it is
Immigrant families soon discovered that the streets of New York were not paved with gold. 移民家庭很快就发现纽约并非遍地黄金。
the whole streetidiom informal 整条街的人
everyone living along a particular road
Keep your voice down, we don't want the whole street to hear us! 小声点儿，我们不想叫整条街都听见！