1A public road in a city or town, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides.

爱丁堡狭窄弯曲的街道。

1. 1.1the streetUS Used to refer to the financial markets and activities on Wall Street.
   〈美〉华尔街的金融市场，华尔街的金融活动
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Everybody on Wall Street knows that this firm does by far the best equity research on the Street.
   • Vilify the Street all you want but the fact remains that the top 10% of income earners provide over 70% of the U.S. Government Tax Revenue.
2. 1.2the street/streets The roads or public areas of a city or town.
   大街；公共场所
   every week, fans stop me in the street

   追星族们每个星期都会在街上拦住我。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The streets of Colchester will be treated to a flavour of the continent from tonight.
   • The accepted truth is to say that if it hadn't there would have been a bloodbath in the streets.
   • My visit to the city was marred by all the British stag and hen parties clogging up the streets.
   • The havoc which was wrought by these youths on American streets is all too obvious.
   • Smokers are being pushed out onto the streets as the vast majority cannot smoke at work.
   • The other morning on my way to work there was a sight up to now rare on the Sofia streets.
   • Besides the stalls, the streets are lined with every kind of shop you could imagine.
   • Forty years ago it was rare to see young girls drunk in the streets; now it is common.
   • I want to reclaim the streets for the young and the old and for all the decent people of Britain.
   • Garbage piled up in the streets and the place became a byword for dirt and danger.
   • Children will be given the chance to use the climbing wall in an effort to get them off the streets.
   • If an animal bites or is vicious it is put to sleep so why let any convicted murderer roam our streets?
   • The morning of our High Court appearance a huge crowd of students held up the streets.
   • The three of them rushed out onto the streets and told the grand news to anyone that they passed.
   • The area tends to be quite clean and we have people once a week picking up the rubbish off of the streets.
   • I was living on one meal for two days and I roamed the streets in search of wretched work.
   • The sky is grey and unemployment is high, and the streets are awash with plastic bags.
   • They try their best to catch out the people who do not clean up after their pets and blight the streets.
   • We should all have pride in our city, an important aspect of which is clean streets.
   • I walk round this town a lot and despair when I see the state of the streets and pavements.
3. 1.3as modifier Relating to the outlook, values, or lifestyle of those young people who are perceived as composing a fashionable urban subculture.
   （构成都市流行亚文化的年轻人的）观点，价值观，生活方式
   New York City street culture

   Example sentencesExamples

   • His car looked out of place and his use of urban street lingo was confusing.
   • Not being deeply immersed in street culture, I don't know how widespread it is.
   • He saw how cinema, music and street style were indivisible.
   • In too many comprehensives street culture is in the playground and the classroom - to the detriment of the children's education.
   • The subject is not identified, except by street culture icons, such as his bike and leathers.
   • When you go to music industry events, you find people who say they want to represent this urban music, this street thing.
   • New York was totally hip hop-driven, dominated by street culture and breakdancing.
   • Now the hip-hop, street style clothes are in, only a few specialty stores will still carry what you want.
   • More than just something to put on your feet, sneakers have been part of street culture, sports and fashion for decades.
   • Even baseball has been translated into an urban street sport with stickball.
   • The music we were playing was aspirational, not kiddie pop, not cheesy Euro-dance, but based more on street culture.
   • The emphasis is on street style, toys, graphics, music and clothing.
   • Indulge in a celebration of 80s New York street style.
   • The leaders' language is hate, violence and propaganda; street culture is violence and hate.
   • The students drew inspiration from the high street, sport, film and street culture to produce their collections.
   • Those wanting to tap into street culture should look no further than this magazine.
   • Take trainers - long the touchstone in an ever-shifting street culture.
   • Besides, the joke, to many, seemed more at the expense of his middle-class white victims than black street culture.
   • It's Chopper Bicycles, the naff 1970's street culture mean machines.
   • But they don't exist as far as popular black street culture or white liberals are concerned.
4. 1.4as modifier Denoting someone who is homeless.
   流落街头
   he ministered to street people in storefront missions

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Compare that with the likes of the block and street people of today who induce school children into all kinds and forms of criminal activity.
   • Some street person wearing his t-shirt back-to-front and inside out with the tag showing comes up asking for change.
   • Roaming bands of homeless street children engaged in petty crime are now common in Argentine cities.
   • They point to the dwindling numbers of street kids and handicapped persons who make a living by peddling lotteries.
   • The perception that many people have of street beggars and the homeless is that they are a bunch of alcoholics or drug addicts.
   • There, he worked with street kids and people with dependency and other problems, and helped to set up a user-run food bank.
   • He spoke to me as a homeless street kid, and he continues to do so.
   • We met for the first time in Zimbabwe, where I was working among AIDS-infected people and street children.
   • IT is encouraging to see efforts being made either to rehabilitate runaway children, also called street kids.
   • Ban unroadworthy vehicles, set up a fund to provide food and shelter for the street children and homeless, and ban litter!
   • About a quarter of our clients are homeless street kids, but the rest live and work in Hollywood.
   • The attacks are a reminder that if left uncontrolled, street kids could grow not only into robbers but also purveyors of terror.
   • I've been involved in ministry to street people in different ways for many years.
   • It captures city life with a deliberately gritty touch, showing the lives of street vendors, street kids, and farmers.
   • This scenario led to the problem of homeless children commonly known as street kids.
   • The western block was home to street kids, the middle to older homeless men, and the east was a cruising ground for male prostitutes.
   • He had long hair, wild eyes and the look of a street kid.
   • He also says the new generation of street kid is less violent and more likely to squeegee and do break-and-entries for money.
   • Concerns have been raised that unless something is done quickly, the problem of street kids will be too heavy to handle for the nation.
   • Some of these street people tell me they have been homeless for years.
5. 1.5as modifier Performing or being performed on the street.
   street theater

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The group mixes and layers cultures and styles that range from street dance to martial arts.
   • Wenner is a performing visual artist who turns the celebratory folk art of street painting into a performance art spectacle.
   • The dangerous spirit of street performing informs the whole show.
   • The street carnival will be fashioned, with support from local artists, after carnivals in Latin America.
   • This performance fuses R & B and hip-hop with street dance and theatre while embracing issues of youth culture.
   • The intimacy and immediacy of street performing comes naturally to the free-spirited songwriter.
   • It doesn't necessarily mean that you are a big fan of street puppets and culture jamming.