mall

mall
[mal, mɔːl, mɒl]
noun
  1. (亦作 shopping mall)a large enclosed shopping area from which traffic is excluded
    (禁止车辆入内的)商店区,室内购物中心
  2. a sheltered walk or promenade
    (有遮蔽设施的)人行道;散步场所
  3. (historical). another term for the gamepall-mall
    (史)。 同 pall-mall
    ■an alley used for this
    铁圈球球场
语源
  1. mid 17th cent. (in sense 3): probably a shortening of pall-mall. Sense 2 derives from The Mall, a tree-bordered walk in St James's Park, London, so named because it was the site of a pall-mall alley. Sense 1 dates from the 1960s
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