especially British EnglishBrETTR a wide street next to the sea in a town 滨海大街
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esplanade• Beach and esplanade include croquet, tennis and water sports centre.• Al-Aqsa is one of the two mosques on the Haram al-Sharif esplanade in Jerusalem.• Along the esplanade, countless cafés, and tempting ice-cream parloursvie for attention.• The band left us after lunch to play on the esplanade of Stirling Castle.• We walked up the slope and on to the esplanade.
Originesplanade
(1600-1700)FrenchItalianspianata, from spianare“to make level”, from Latinexplanare; → EXPLAIN