Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - street
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Street
street
~ n 1 a public road in a city or town that has houses, shops etc on one or both sides (Oxford Street, London | street map (=showing the names and positions of all the roads) | street musicians (=performing outdoors in towns)) (- see also high street) 2 the streets a phrase meaning the roads of a city, used to mean a place where people live who have no home and where it is difficult to survive (on the streets) (young people living on the streets) 3 the man/woman in the street the average person, who represents the general opinion about things (The man in the street wouldn't have a clue what a dongle is.) 4 (right) up your street a job or course that is up your street is exactly right for you because you have the right skills and are interested in it 5 one-way/two-way street a process that fully involves the opinions and feelings of only one person or group, or of both people or groups (Trust is not a one-way street.) 6 walk the streets old-fashioned an expression meaning to be a prostitute 7 streets ahead (of) BrE informal much better than someone or something else (James is streets ahead of the rest of the class at reading.) (- see also backstreet, be on easy street easy1 (11), street smarts) ( USAGE NOTE: STREET WORD CHOICE street, road A street is in the middle of a town, and usually has shops and other buildings and pavements (BrE)/sidewalks (AmE) a street corner (NOT road corner) A road can be in the town or in the country, and usually leads to another town, or to another part of a town the road to Birmingham (NOT street) BRE-AME DIFFERENCES British speakers often say in a street or road where American speakers say on a street or road; the shops in the High Street (BrE)| the stores on Main Street (AmE)| a house in Bristol Road (BrE)| a house on Boston Road (AmE). In spoken American English words like street are often left out especially when giving directions to numbered streets Where's the Empire State Building? At 34th and 5th. In British English this would be At the junction of 34th Street and 5th Avenue. )
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(streets) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A street is a road in a city, town, or village, usually with houses along it. He lived at 66 Bingfield Street... Boppard is a small, quaint town with narrow streets. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 2. You can use street or streets when talking about activities that happen out of doors in a town rather than inside a building. Changing money on the street is illegal-always use a bank... Their aim is to raise a million pounds to get the homeless off the streets. ...a New York street gang. N-COUNT: the N, usu on/off N 3. see also back street, civvy street, Downing Street, Fleet Street, high street, Wall Street 4. If someone is streets ahead of you, they are much better at something than you are. He was streets ahead of the other contestants. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, oft PHR of n 5. If you talk about the man in the street or the man or woman in the street, you mean ordinary people in general. The average man or woman in the street doesn’t know very much about immune disorders. PHRASE 6. If a job or activity is up your street, it is the kind of job or activity that you are very interested in. (BRIT; in AM, use up your alley) She loved it, this was just up her street. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English strete, from Old English str?t, from Late Latin strata paved road, from Latin, feminine of stratus, past participle — more at stratum Date: before 12th century 1. a. a thoroughfare especially in a city, town, or village that is wider than an alley or lane and that usually includes sidewalks b. the part of a ~ reserved for vehicles c. a thoroughfare with abutting property lives on a fashionable ~ 2. the people occupying property on a ~ the whole ~ knew about the accident 3. a promising line of development or a channeling of effort a crafty politician working both sides of the ~ success through compromise is a two-way ~ 4. capitalized a. a district (as Wall Street or Fleet Street) identified with a particular profession b. the people who work in such a district doing better than the Street expected 5. an environment (as in a depressed neighborhood or section of a city) of poverty, dereliction, or crime grew up on the mean ~s II. adjective Date: 15th century 1. of or relating to the ~s: as a. adjoining or giving access to a ~ the ~ door b. carried on or taking place in the ~ ~ fighting c. living or working on the ~s a ~ peddler ~ people d. located in, used for, or serving as a guide to the ~s a ~ map e. performing in or heard on the ~ a ~ band f. (1) suitable for wear or use on the ~ ~ clothes (2) not touching the ground — used of a woman's dress in lengths reaching the knee, calf, or ankle g. of, relating to, or characteristic of the ~ environment ~ drugs used…his new ~ cred to develop contacts — Dale Keiger 2. retail the ~ price ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a a public road in a city, town, or village. b this with the houses or other buildings on each side. 2 the persons who live or work on a particular street. Phrases and idioms in the street 1 in the area outside the houses. 2 (of Stock Exchange business) done after closing-time. not in the same street with colloq. utterly inferior to in ability etc. on the streets 1 living by prostitution. 2 homeless. street Arab 1 a homeless child. 2 an urchin. street credibility familiarity with a fashionable urban subculture. street cries Brit. the cries of street hawkers. street door a main outer house-door opening on the street. street jewellery enamel advertising plates as collectors' items. streets ahead (often foll. by of) colloq. much superior (to). street value the value of drugs sold illicitly. up (or right up) one's street colloq. 1 within one's range of interest or knowledge. 2 to one's liking. Derivatives streeted adj. (also in comb.). streetward adj. & adv. Etymology: OE str{aelig}t f. LL strata (via) paved (way), fem. past part. of sternere lay down ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) улица 2) коридор (при наборе) 3) проход (пространство между скомпонованными элементами кристалла ИС) ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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улица arterial street blind street collector street corridor-type street cross street dead-end street high street loop street marginal access street minor street municipal street one-way street private street secondary street side street state-aid street tertiary street ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
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улица street fire-alarm box — пожарный уличный известитель - street cleaner - street lighting ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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сущ. улица - Lombard Street - Street - Threadneedle Street Bank of England - Throgmorten Street - Throgmorton Street - Wall Street - sell in the Street - threadneedle Street STREET the Street 1) Уолл-стрит (улица в Нью-Йорке, где находится биржа) 2) перен. нью-йоркский денежный рынок 3) перен. американский финансовый капитал 4) перен. финансовая олигархия 5) неофициальная биржа, внебиржевой оборот ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. улица the main street of the town —- главная улица города street cries (calls) —- крики разносчиков street dress —- платье для улицы street fighting —- воен. бой в населенном пункте; уличные бои street parade —- ам. (торжественное) прохождение войск по улицам street traffic —- уличное движение manners of the street —- уличные нравы in the street —- на улице to live in —- (ам. on) this street жить на этой улице to meet smb. in the street —- встретиться с кем-л. на улице to walk the street(s) —- ходить (слоняться) по улицам to turn smb. into the streets —- выгнать кого-л. из дому (на улицу) the whole street gathered —- вся улица собралась 2. проезжая часть улицы, мостовая don't play in the street —- не играй на мостовой 3. проход между двумя рядами (людей, предметов) 4. (the S.) Флит-стрит (в Лондоне); мир журналистики 5. (the S.) ам. Уолл-стрит; финансовые круги Id: man of the street —- простой (обыкновенный, средний) человек, "человек с улицы"; обыватель Id: to walk the streets —- заниматься проституцией Id: to be on the street —- быть проституткой; ам. быть безработным; ам. сл. оказаться на свободе, выйти из тюрьмы; быть бездомным, бесприютным; оказаться на улице, быть выброшенным на улицу Id: to be in the same street with smb. —- быть в одинаковом положении с кем-л. Id: not to be in the same street with smb. —- отставать от кого-л.; быть слабее,...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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organ шарманка STREET smart adj. coll.; amer. знающий, опытный (особенно, когда речь идет об опасных ситуациях) STREET orderly метельщик улиц STREET noun 1) улица 2) (the Street) amer. sl. деловой или финансовый центр (обыкн. Уоллстрит) 3) attr. уличный; street fighting - уличные бои; street cries - крики разносчиков the man in the street - обыватель; заурядный человек to walk the streets, to be on the streets - заниматься проституцией to be in the same street with smb. - быть в одинаковом положении с кем-л. not in the same street with - несравненно ниже, слабее или хуже its not up my street coll. - я в этом не разбираюсь Syn: alley, avenue, highway, lane, motorway, road STREET Arab беспризорник STREET cred noun coll. причастность к молодежной культуре STREET island островок безопасности (для пешеходов) ...Англо-русский словарь
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See: BACK STREET, CROSS STREET, MAN IN THE STREET, ON EASY STREET, SIDE STREET, STOP STREET, THROUGH STREET. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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- O.E. stret (Mercian), strжt (W.Saxon), early W.Gmc. borrowing from L.L. strata, used elliptically for via strata "paved road," from fem. pp. of L. sternere "lay down, spread out, pave." Originally of Roman roads (Watling Street, Icknield Street, etc.), later in O.E. it acquired a dialectal sense of "straggling village." "In the Middle Ages, a road or way was merely a direction in which people rode or went, the name street being reserved for the made road." [Weekley] Used since late M.E. to mean "the people in the street." Street-walker "common prostitute" first recorded 1592. Street people is from 1967; street smarts is from 1972. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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