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IELTS BNC: 6528 COCA: 4340

alley

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al·ley /ˈæli/ ●●○ noun  
1  ROAD/PATH[countableC] (also alleyway) a narrow street between or behind buildings, not usually used by cars 小巷，胡同
 The alley led to the railway bridge.
这条小巷通往铁路桥。
 She found the side alley where the stage door was located.
她找到了剧场后门所在的小巷。
2  right up/down somebody’s alley very suitable for someone 正合某人的胃口；非常适合某人
 The job sounds right up your alley.
这工作听上去正合你的胃口。
Examples from the Corpus
right up/down somebody’s alley• She said, I will tell you this Bobby Kennedy is right up my alley.• The job sounds right up your alley.
→ blind alley, bowling alley
Examples from the Corpus
alley• Entry is gained from an alley on the side, so narrow that it can at best take a single car.• It overlooked an alley, and the bay windows were sun-blocked by the townhouse at 93.• Others went in alleys behind the buildings and lofted rocks and bottles over the roofs.• A narrow alley led up between the houses to the main street.• Locals welcome any efforts to beautify the alleys.• A delivery truck blocked the alley.• And being a dead end, the alley led to nowhere else.• Women in white aprons gossiped in the alley between the apartment blocks.• Meredith glanced up uncertainly at the four-storey buildings soaring up forbiddingly on either side of the alley where they were walking.• Back in the main town, we explored twisting alleys which eventually led us to the old Frankish quarter.
Origin alley
(1300-1400) Old French alee, from aler “to go”, from Latin ambulare; → AMBLE
al·ley noun
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IELTS BNC: 6528 COCA: 4340
alley

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ADJECTIVE | ALLEY + VERB | ALLEY + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤dark, darkened黑暗的／幽暗的小巷➤deserted, empty (especially NAmE) 空無一人的小巷▸➤little, narrow小巷；窄巷◇a maze of narrow alleys縱橫交錯的窄巷➤cobbled (especially BrE) 鋪着卵石的小巷▸➤back, side陋巷；支巷➤blind (figurative) 死胡同；絕境◇Over-reliance on statistics has led us down a blind alley.過分依賴統計數字使我們鑽進了死胡同。ALLEY + VERB➤lead onto sth, lead to sth小巷通向⋯◇The alley leads to the restaurant kitchen.這條小巷通向餐廳的廚房。ALLEY + NOUN➤cat（街上的）野貓PREPOSITION➤along an/the alley, down an/the alley, up an/the alley沿着小巷；順着小巷◇I walked back along a side alley.我沿着一條支巷走了回來。◇a bar down a little alley小巷那頭的酒吧➤in an/the alley在小巷裏◇They had cornered him in an alley.他們把他堵在一條小巷裏。➤through an/the alley穿過小巷◇She wandered through the back alleys.她在窮街陋巷遊蕩。
IELTS BNC: 6528 COCA: 4340
alley noun
⇨ road
IELTS BNC: 6528 COCA: 4340
alley
Areas around buildings: alley, alleyway, arcade...

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