street name
短语行号代名
词形变化
释义与例句
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1.
The slang term for a drug when it is traded as a street drug.
They said they'd never heard of medetomidine, but when the cop referred to it by its street name — rhino tranq — their ears perked up.
2008 January 19, Peter Sagal (host), Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio Police quickly determined that the street name for holy sand was “cocaine” and said that the man’s arrest has made them think twice about the holy tic tacs and holy parsley they’ve seen lately.
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2.
A person’s nickname on the street, such as a gangster or mafia name; (loosely) any nickname.
They said they'd never heard of Mister Dzhugashvili, but when the cop referred to him by his street name — Stalin — their ears perked up.
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3.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see street, name.
Holonym: street address
I know where Eric's house is, but I've forgotten the street name.