an alleyway between A and B
alleyway 常接 between 短语来说明位置。
The restaurant is hidden in an alleyway between two old buildings.
那家餐厅藏在两栋旧楼之间的一条小巷里。
小巷;窄街
alleyways — plural of alleyway
两旁建筑物紧邻形成的狭窄街道。;船上两排舱房之间的通道。;走廊
a narrow street with walls on both sides
两旁建筑物紧邻形成的狭窄街道。
A narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings.
船上两排舱房之间的通道。
A passage between two rows of cabins in a ship.
The narrow alleyway between the two buildings is too dark at night.
两栋楼之间的那条狭窄小巷晚上太暗了。
用法提示:alleyway 作可数名词,指两侧有墙的窄巷。
We cut through several alleyways to get to the station faster.
我们穿过几条小巷,想更快到达车站。
用法提示:alleyways 是 alleyway 的复数形式,同样表示窄巷。
A small bakery at the end of the alleyway sells fresh bread every morning.
小巷尽头的一家小面包店每天早上都卖新鲜面包。
用法提示:alleyway 作名词,放在介词短语中表示位置。
alleyway 常接 between 短语来说明位置。
The restaurant is hidden in an alleyway between two old buildings.
那家餐厅藏在两栋旧楼之间的一条小巷里。
down 和 along 都可表示沿着小巷行进。
She walked down a narrow alleyway to reach the café.
她沿着一条狭窄的小巷走到咖啡馆。
a maze of alleyways 用来形容小巷众多且曲折交错。
The old town is a maze of alleyways.
老城区是一个小巷密布的迷宫。
与alleyway几乎同义,美式英语常用;英式英语中alley也常见,但alleyway更强调两侧有墙。
语义更宽,可指乡间小路或车道,不一定两侧都有墙;在城市中可指房屋间的小通道。
强调位于主街后、较僻静,不一定像alleyway那样狭窄且有围墙。
grammar · medium
易错句子I walked through a alleyway to reach the main road.
正确表达I walked through an alleyway to reach the main road.
alleyway 以元音音素 /æ/ 开头,因此不定冠词必须用 an 而不是 a。这是英语冠词的基本规则。
grammar · medium
易错句子The thieves escaped into a narrow corridor between the buildings.
正确表达The thieves escaped into a narrow alleyway between the buildings.
corridor 指建筑物内部的走廊,而两座建筑之间室外的狭窄通道应说 alleyway。受汉语“走廊”对译的影响,学习者容易把二者混用。
指与‘小巷’相对的宽阔街道,不可互换使用。
指与‘小巷’相对的宽阔街道,不可互换使用。
alley 和 alleyway 都可指小巷,但 alley 还常指保龄球道;表示户外窄街时二者可互换,表示保龄球道时必须用 alley。
lane 可指公路上的车道或乡间小路,两侧不一定有墙;alleyway 指城镇中两侧有墙的窄街。
passageway 指室内或建筑之间的通道,常可不露天;alleyway 指窄街时是露天的户外街道。
狭窄的小巷
They escaped through a narrow alleyway.
他们通过一条狭窄的小巷逃走了。
昏暗的小巷
She felt nervous walking down the dark alleyway.
她走过昏暗的小巷时感到紧张。
后巷;屋后小巷
The trash cans are kept in the back alleyway.
垃圾桶放在后巷里。
蜿蜒的小巷
The winding alleyway led us to a small courtyard.
蜿蜒的小巷把我们带到一个庭院。
空无一人的小巷
He found a deserted alleyway to make the call.
他找到一条空无一人的小巷打电话。
楼与楼之间的窄巷
The cat ran into the alleyway between the two buildings.
猫跑进了两栋楼之间的窄巷。
alley(小巷)+ way(路/通道)→ 小巷;同根/相关词:alley, highway, railway, pathway, doorway
小巷后常放置垃圾箱,是城市背街的常见事物。
小巷墙壁上常能看到涂鸦。
狭窄的小巷常靠路灯提供照明。
行人常穿过小巷抄近路。
老城区的小巷地面常铺有鹅卵石。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.