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Piccadilly is a famous street in central London. It runs along the north side of Green Park, between Hyde Park Corner and Piccadilly Circus. It is known for costly hotels, shops, and offices.
Piccadilly皮卡迪利 is a famous street in central London是倫敦市中心一條有名的街。It runs along the north side of Green Park它沿著格林公園(Green Park)的北側, between Hyde Park Corner and Piccadilly Circus位在海德公園角(Hyde Park Corner)和皮卡迪利圓環(Piccadilly Circus)之間。It is known for costly hotels, shops, and offices它以昂貴的飯店、商店和辦公室聞名。
We treat it as a place name, so we do not say 'a piccadilly.' When people say they will meet at Piccadilly, they often mean the busy Circus at the end — lights, traffic, a crush of people — not only the long street itself.
We treat it as a place name我們把它當作地名, so we do not say 'a piccadilly.'所以不會說'a piccadilly'。When people say they will meet at Piccadilly當人們說要在Piccadilly碰面時, they often mean the busy Circus at the end他們通常指的是那頭熱鬧的圓環 — lights, traffic, a crush of people燈光、車流、擠滿的人群 — not only the long street itself而不只是那條長長的街道本身。
The name is older than the grand street we see now. It comes from Pickadilly Hall, a house belonging to a tailor who sold a stiff lace collar called a piccadill. The street name is found from the 1600s; part of it was once called Portugal Street.
The name is older than the grand street we see now這個名字比我們現在看到的這條氣派的街道還要古老。It comes from Pickadilly Hall它源自Pickadilly Hall這棟房子, a house belonging to a tailor屬於一位裁縫師 who sold a stiff lace collar called a piccadill他賣一種叫piccadill的硬挺蕾絲領子。The street name is found from the 1600s這個街名最早可以追溯到1600年代; part of it was once called Portugal Street其中一段以前曾叫做Portugal Street。
組成From Pickadilly Hall, named after the piccadill, a lace collar. The collar name may come from Spanish for something pierced or cut. Piccadilly is recorded as the London street name from 1695; the place-name is a little older.
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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。
Piccadillyname/pɪkəˈdɪli/
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Piccadilly, a street running from Hyde Park Corner to Piccadilly Circus.
- The Inn that I speak of is about the Middle of Piccadilly upon the left hand.
- Though the Philistines may jostle, you will rank as an apostle in the high aesthetic band - If you walk down Piccadilly with a poppy or a lily in your mediaeval hand.
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The surrounding area.
- Valentine Dawes, a Quaker, living in Aier-street in the Piccadilly, being for many years troubled with the Falling-Sickness, was perfectly cured; and thereupon presently became a Roman Catholick.
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rail-transportrailwaystransportManchester Piccadilly station, the main railway station in Manchester.
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rail-transportrailwaystransportThe Piccadilly Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.
- Why Piccadilly? The Piccadilly Line was originally the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) which was shortened to Piccadilly in practice. Running under the main road between Piccadilly Circus and Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly made sense and was also the most well-known location in the original company name.
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piccadillynoun
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obsoletepiccadill
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。