cul-de-sac

短语
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n. 死巷, 死胡同, (喻)困境, 死路, 盲管 [医] 盲管, 陷凹

发音

US /ˈkʌldəsæk/
UK /ˈkʌldəsak/

词形变化

cul-de-sacs 复数 culs-de-sac 复数

别名

culdesac

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A blind alley or dead end street.

  2. 2.

    A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on the street, with little or no through-traffic.

    死胡同

    死路

    死巷

  3. 3.

    An impasse.

    比喻
  4. 4.

    A sacklike cavity, a tube open at one end only.

    陷凹

    生物 植物学 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

dead-end impasse blind alley dead-end street

上位词 2

passage thoroughfare

词源

Borrowed from French cul-de-sac, from cul (“bottom”) + de (“of”) + sac (“bag, sack”).

来源：wiktionary