Blvd. is the written short form of boulevard: a wide city street, often with trees or a strip in the middle, and often a grand or busy one. You meet it in addresses and on maps, especially in the United States and Canada — 123 Sunset Blvd., Wilshire Blvd. — and in film titles that copied those street names.

Blvd. is the written short form of boulevardBlvd.是boulevard的書寫縮寫：a wide city street, often with trees or a strip in the middle指的是一條寬闊的城市街道，中間常常有樹或分隔島，and often a grand or busy one而且通常是氣派或熱鬧的那種。You meet it in addresses and on maps你會在地址和地圖上看到它，especially in the United States and Canada尤其是在美國和加拿大——123 Sunset Blvd., Wilshire Blvd.像123 Sunset Blvd.、Wilshire Blvd.這類地址——and in film titles that copied those street names還有一些電影片名也借用了這些街名。

When you read it aloud, you say the full word boulevard, not the letters B-L-V-D. It is a writing convenience, a little like St. for Street or Ave. for Avenue.

When you read it aloud唸出來的時候，you say the full word boulevard要唸完整的boulevard這個字，not the letters B-L-V-D而不是唸B-L-V-D這幾個字母。It is a writing convenience這只是書寫上的方便寫法，a little like St. for Street or Ave. for Avenue有點像St.代表Street、Ave.代表Avenue一樣。

Formal documents may write Boulevard in full; signs and envelopes often save space with Blvd. Taiwan addresses almost never use it; students mainly need it for foreign addresses, Hollywood, and American stories.

Formal documents may write Boulevard in full正式文件可能會把Boulevard完整寫出來；signs and envelopes often save space with Blvd.招牌和信封則常常用Blvd.來省空間。Taiwan addresses almost never use it台灣的地址幾乎不會用到它，students mainly need it for foreign addresses, Hollywood, and American stories學生主要是在看國外地址、好萊塢或美國故事時會需要用到它。