devil strip

短语

词形变化

devil strips 复数 devil strips

别名

devil's strip

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The grassy area between the sidewalk and the street.

    美国

词源

From devil + strip, from the area’s status as a no man's land between private and public property, devil or devil's in place names meaning “barren, unproductive and unused”. Compare devil's lane (“narrow area between two parallel fences”), devil's footstep (“barren spot of land”).

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