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street

/ˈstriːt/

US UK

noun

plural streets

[count] a road in a city or town that has houses or other buildings on one or both sides

They live on a busy/residential street.

a deserted street

a dead-end/one-way street

You should look both ways before crossing the street.

Trash littered the streets.

The police car cruised up/down the street.

People don't feel safe walking the streets (of the city) at night. [=don't feel safe walking outside in the city at night]

our neighbor down the street [=our neighbor who lives farther down on our street]

They live across the street (from us). [=they live across from us on the other side of the street]

Many of our customers walk in off the street without having heard of us before.

Angry citizens took to the streets [=went outside on the streets] to protest the war.

He lost his job and eventually was living on the street(s). [=was homeless] - often used in names

The store is at 84th Street and 35th Avenue.

My address is 156 Elm Street. - sometimes used figuratively

Word on the street is that the company is going out of business. [=people are saying that the company is going out of business] - see also easy street, fleet street, high street, main street, wall street

informal :a poor part of a city where there is a lot of crime - usually plural

He is from the streets.

the raw language of the streets

hit the streets

xem hit

pound the streets

xem pound

streets ahead of

Brit informal :much better than (other people or things)

She is streets ahead of the other students.

the man in the street

xem man

up someone's street

Brit informal :suited to someone's tastes or abilities

The job is right up his street. [=the job suits him very well]

Working with animals is right up her street. [=(chiefly US) right up her alley]

adjective

always used before a noun

of or relating to streets

a street map

the store's street address

poor street lighting

I saw him standing on the street corner [=the area of the sidewalk where two streets meet] waiting for the bus.

Our apartment is at street level. [=our apartment is on the ground floor of the building]

occurring, performing, working, or living on a street or sidewalk

street fighting/musicians/vendors

a street fair/demonstration

street people [=homeless people]

of, relating to, or characteristic of a poor part of a city where there is a lot of crime

street drugs/crime/culture/gangs/slang

* Các từ tương tự:
street clothes, street cred, street hockey, street smarts, streetcar, streetlight, street-smart, streetwalker, streetwise