n.小巷；胡同；弄

High buildings flanked the alley. 小巷兩側(cè)高樓聳立。

The alley was quite out-of-the-way. 這條小巷十分冷僻。

Davies' house is down a long narrow alley. 戴維斯的家在一條狹長(zhǎng)的胡同里。

The thief slunk down the dark alley. 那個(gè)賊偷偷鉆進(jìn)黑胡同里。

In some inexplicable way nature had tricked him. 自然界莫名其妙地作弄了他。