Downing Street
短语
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唐宁街(伦敦街名);英国政府;英国首相
发音
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释义与例句
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1.
A street leading off Whitehall in Westminster, London containing the residences of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer
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2.
The British government.
引申义1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados […] both Whitehall and Downing Street are in a blue funk lest they should do the wrong thing, either let the man slip away with the papers or arrest him without them.
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3.
Either 10 Downing Street or 11 Downing Street.
词源
Named for its founder, Sir George Downing.
来源:wiktionary