Broadway

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten. slang
形容词 adj.
  1. Flashy; showy. broadly,not-comparable
    — Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight. not-comparable,slang
    — Broadway connectors
专有名词
  1. A street name, typically for a wide road: a specific broad way. uncountable
  2. A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset. uncountable
  3. The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City. uncountable
  4. The theater district of Manhattan. uncountable
  5. The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions. uncountable
    — Coordinate term: off-Broadway
  6. The American theater industry. metonymically,uncountable
    — Among the ensemble’s strange, outmoded, “original” instruments — the feral horns, sour violins, wooden flutes, cellos without endpins — she seemed right at home, despite her Broadway provenance.
  7. The government of Manitoba (from the Legislative Building's address, on Broadway). metonymically,uncountable
    — Angry city councillors lashed out against both Broadway and Ottawa on Wednesday, claiming the Doer government and the Harper Conservatives are spending millions on infrastructure projects Winnipeg doesn't want and not enough on road repairs the city needs.
  8. Two villages in England:; A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0937). uncountable
  9. Two villages in England:; A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3215). uncountable
  10. A hamlet in The Havens community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8713). uncountable
  11. A village in County Wexford, Ireland. uncountable
  12. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada. uncountable
  13. A settlement in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. uncountable
  14. A settlement in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey. uncountable
  15. A settlement in the United States:; A town in Lee County, North Carolina. uncountable
  16. A settlement in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio. uncountable
  17. A settlement in the United States:; A town in Rockingham County, Virginia. uncountable
  18. A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. uncountable
  19. A rare surname uncountable

词汇关系

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词源

词源 1
By surface analysis, a proprialization from broadway. The Old English words "brad weg" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements, in common noun and proper noun forms, for over a thousand years. Documented examples include Broadway, Somerset and Broadway, Worcestershire, England, which are listed in the Domesday Book census of 1086AD as "Bradewie" and "Bradeweia" respectively.
Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
词源 2
By surface analysis, a proprialization from broadway. The Old English words "brad weg" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements, in common noun and proper noun forms, for over a thousand years. Documented examples include Broadway, Somerset and Broadway, Worcestershire, England, which are listed in the Domesday Book census of 1086AD as "Bradewie" and "Bradeweia" respectively.
Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
词源 3
By surface analysis, a proprialization from broadway. The Old English words "brad weg" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements, in common noun and proper noun forms, for over a thousand years. Documented examples include Broadway, Somerset and Broadway, Worcestershire, England, which are listed in the Domesday Book census of 1086AD as "Bradewie" and "Bradeweia" respectively.
Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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