alley

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.
    — The parking lot to my friend's apartment building is in the alley.
  2. A marble (small ball used in games).
  3. The area between the outfielders.
    — He hit one deep into the alley.
  4. An establishment where bowling is played.
  5. An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
  6. The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
  7. A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
    — I know each lane and every alley green.
    Comus
  8. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
  9. Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
  10. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
  11. A group of clowns; the collective noun for clowns. informal,rare
    — […] alley of clowns had sprung like a fungus growth from the dung heap of the First World War.

词形变化

alleys plural alleys plural

词汇关系

近义词
alley alleyway backs bunnyrun chare chore close ennog entry fold gangway gant gennel ginnel gunnel gitty gully gullyway hocket jennel jigger jitty lane laneway loke passage pend rabbit run shut snickelway snicket tenfoot twitchel twitten wynd vennel
上位词
street
下位词
back alley back lane back street backway blind alley
衍生词
alley apple alley ball alley cat alley crop alleyed alleygating alleylike alley stone alleyway back alley back-alley ball alley blind alley bowling alley Bowling Alley Point Carolina Alley Dixie Alley down someone's alley Gasoline Alley Hailstorm Alley handball alley Hoosier Alley Hurricane Alley Iceberg Alley kilowatt alley MiG Alley O'Malley's Alley Peacock Alley power alley right up someone's alley shaft alley sideshow alley skittle alley South Alley Stroke Alley Tornado Alley Typhoon Alley up someone's alley

词源

词源 1
From Middle English aleye, from Anglo-Norman aleie, feminine of alé, past participle of aler (“to go”) (French aller). Doublet of allée.
词源 2
Diminutive of alabaster, from which they were once made.
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