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Broadway is a long, famous street in New York City. Along one stretch of it there are many theatres, and that street plus the streets around it is the centre of the city's theatre world. People say on Broadway for a big, professional stage show there. They contrast it with off-Broadway (smaller theatres nearby) and with London's West End, which is the same idea in Britain.
Broadway「Broadway」 is a long, famous street是一條又長又有名的街 in New York City在紐約市。Along one stretch of it沿著它的一段, there are many theatres有很多劇院, and而 that street plus the streets around it那條街加上周圍的街道 is the centre of the city's theatre world是這座城市戲劇界的中心。People人們 say on Broadway說「on Broadway」 for a big, professional stage show there指的是那裡的大型專業舞台劇。They他們 contrast it with拿它跟…相比 off-Broadway「off-Broadway」 (smaller theatres nearby附近較小的劇院) and和 with London's West End倫敦的西區, which它 is the same idea in Britain是英國的同樣概念。
The name is simply “broad way”: a wide road. Old English already used those words for wide roads, and English towns called Broadway appear in records from 1086. New York's street is the same kind of name, which then became the name of the whole theatre industry.
The name這個名字 is simply就只是 "broad way": a wide road「broad way」寬闊的路：一條寬路。Old English古英文 already used早就用 those words這些字 for wide roads來指寬路, and而 English towns called Broadway被叫做 Broadway 的英國城鎮 appear in records出現在紀錄裡 from 1086從西元1086年起。New York's street紐約的這條街 is the same kind of name是同樣類型的名字, which它 then became the name後來變成了名字 of the whole theatre industry整個戲劇產業的名字。
Though actually, other cities have a Broadway too. In Winnipeg, Canada, the government building stands on Broadway, so people there may say Broadway to mean the government.
Though actually但其實, other cities其他城市 have a Broadway too也有一條 Broadway。In Winnipeg, Canada在加拿大溫尼伯, the government building政府大樓 stands on Broadway就位在 Broadway 上, so所以 people there那裡的人 may say Broadway可能會說 Broadway to mean the Manitoba government指的是曼尼托巴省政府。
When say Broadway, they almost always mean New York theatre.
When當 learners學習者 say Broadway說 Broadway, they他們 almost always mean幾乎都是指 New York theatre紐約的戲劇。
原始詞典資料24 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Broadwayname/ˈbɹɔdweɪ/
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A street name, typically for a wide road: a specific broad way.
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A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.
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The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.
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The theater district of Manhattan.
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The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.
- Coordinate term: off-Broadway
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The American theater industry.
- 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.
- “King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction.
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The government of Manitoba (from the Legislative Building's address, on Broadway).
- 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.
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Two villages in England:
另外 11 個記錄的用法
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Two villages in England:
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A hamlet in The Havens community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8713).
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A village in County Wexford, Ireland.
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A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A settlement in the United States:
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A settlement in the United States:
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A settlement in the United States:
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A settlement in the United States:
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A settlement in the United States:
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A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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A rare surname
Broadwaynoun/ˈbɹɔdweɪ/
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slangcard-gamespokerThe highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.
Broadwayadj/ˈbɹɔdweɪ/
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Flashy; showy.
- Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway.
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slangcard-gamespokerOf, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight.
- Broadway connectors
broadwaynoun/ˈbɹɔːdweɪ/
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An esplanade.
- Just above the doorway, which opened spang onto the broadway of Datura, a grinning face peered down upon the visitors, its eyes ruby-colored glass.
- On a certain day the King was seated on the story of his palace which overlooked the town and the outskirts beyond the walls, in conversation with his Minister and favourites, when the Durweish was espied at no great distance standing on the broadway; which, when the King knew, he desired messengers might be dispatched to convey the holy man to his presence.
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slangcard-gamespokerA straight from ace to ten in Texas hold 'em, or any of the cards (ace, king, queen, jack, ten) used to make such a straight.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。