| 单词 |
Corso |
| 释义 |
‖ Corso|ˈkɔːsəʊ|
Also corso.
[It., a course, a street: see course n.]
A street in Italy in which races or festivals were held; a procession of carriages; a promenade; esp. a specific street in Rome.
a1680Evelyn Diary Apr./May an. 1645 (1955) II. 484 We passed the Campo Martio..wherein the Noblesse exercise their horses, and the Ladys make the Corso. 1740Gray Let. 10 July (1935) I. 166 The Pretender..I have had frequent opportunities of seeing at church, at the corso, and other places. 1849Effie Ruskin Let. 28 Oct. (1965) i. 54 The prancing of the horses trotting and galloping after us on the Corso [in Milan]. 1876Encycl. Brit. V. 122/2 The carnival sports seem at that time [sc. 1545] to have consisted..of..the races in the Corso (which, formerly called the Via Lata, took its present name from them). 1926Spectator 17 July 89/1 Every evening Prince Michael Street [in Belgrade] is closed to traffic and becomes the ‘Corso’ up and down which young men..escort girls. 1958Listener 4 Dec. 911/1 A town [in Yugoslavia] that has any pretensions to be a town has to have a Corso, a street designed for promenading in the cool of the evening. 1961Times 30 Nov. 13/6 Rather like those Sunday strolls along an Italian corso. |
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