avenue

avenue
noun
  1. a broad road in a town or city, typically having trees at regular intervals along its sides
    大道;林荫道
    tree-lined avenues surround the hotel.
    林荫大道环绕着酒店。
    [in names]Shaftesbury Avenue.
    沙夫茨伯里大道。
    ■[in names](N. Amer.)a thoroughfare running at right angles to the streets in a city laid out on a grid pattern
    (北美)大街
    7th Avenue.
    第七大街。
    ■a tree-lined road or path, especially one that leads to a country house or similar building
    (尤指通向乡宅等的)林阴道
    an avenue of limes.
    一条石灰铺的林阴道。
  2. a way of approaching a problem or making progress towards something
    途径
    three possible avenues of research suggested themselves.
    三种可行的研究途径摆在眼前。
语源
  1. early 17th cent. (in sense 2): from French, feminine past participle of avenir 'arrive, approach', from Latin advenire, from ad- 'towards' + venire 'come'
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