boulevard

名词 n.
/ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd/    /ˈbʊ.lə.vɑɹd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
    — We live on Sunset Boulevard.
  2. The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
  3. A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
  4. The grassy area in the middle of some streets; a refuge island.

词形变化

boulevards plural blvd. abbreviation blvd abbreviation bd. abbreviation bd abbreviation bl abbreviation

词源

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bulwark; more at bole, work.
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