ginnel

n. <英方>小巷

发音

UK /ˈɡɪnəl/

词形变化

ginnels 复数 ginnels

别名

gennel

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.

词源

From dialectal ginn (“a road or passage down to the sea”) + -el (diminutive suffix), ultimately from Old English gin (“an opening, gap, abyss”) or Old Norse gin (“throat, gullet, maw”), both from Proto-Germanic *giną (“throat, gullet”).

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