English Dictionary

Main Street

固有名詞

カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 集合名詞 慣用表現

The generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.

日本語の意味

村や町、小都市などにおいて主要な小売店が集まる通り、かつては非公式ながらも正式な名称として用いられる通りを指す。 / アメリカ、カナダ、アイルランド、スコットランドの一部や中央ヨーロッパの一部の国々で、主要な商業区域や店舗が並ぶ通りの一般名称・公式名称として使われる通り。

Every Saturday, the farmers' market sets up stalls along Main Street, filling the air with the smell of fresh bread and flowers.

毎週土曜日、ファーマーズマーケットは町の主要な商店街に屋台を並べ、新鮮なパンと花の香りが漂います。

意味（1）

The generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, Canada, US, collective) Everyday working-class people and small business owners, especially with regard to their concerns, social views, etc.

Thanks to a $700 billion TARP bailout and hundreds of billions of dollars in nearly free of charge loans by the Federal Reserve (a policy Soros himself told me was a hidden gift to the banks), Wall Street has surged back to pre-crisis levels of compensation even as Main Street continues to struggle.