英语
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词源
借自法语 cul-de-sac,源自cul (“底部”) + de (“的”) + sac (“包”)。
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名词
cul-de-sac(复数 cul-de-sacs 或 culs-de-sac)
- 死胡同
- 2010年1月17日,Cara Buckley,“A Suburban Treasure, Left to Die”,出自 New York Times, 页号Section MB; Column 0; Metropolitan Desk; Pg. 1:
- And in suburbs known for new development, preservationists are often battling a general perception that there is nothing historic or worth saving among the cul-de-sacs.
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- 绝境
- 2005年2月14日, National Review:
- Physics seems, in fact, to have got itself into a cul-de-sac, obsessing over theories so mathematically abstruse that nobody even knows how to test them.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
参见
- turning circle
法语
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拓展阅读
- 查看“cul-de-sac”在le Trésor de la langue française informatisé(《法语数字化宝库》)中的释义。
葡萄牙语
名词
cul-de-sac m(复数 culs-de-sac 或 cul-de-sacs 或 cul-de-sac)
近义词
- (死胡同): rua sem saída, beco sem saída
- (绝境): impasse, beco sem saída