"farm, plantation," from Dutch bowerij "homestead farm" (from the same source as bower); a Dutch word probably little used in America outside New York, and there soon limited to one road, The Bowery, that ran from the built-up part of the city out to the plantations in middle Manhattan, attested from 1787; the city's growth soon overran it, and it was noted by 1840 as a commercial district notorious for squalor, rowdiness, and low life.
Bowery Boy, the typical New York tough of a generation or two ago, named from the street which he chiefly affected .... He rather prided himself on his uncouthness, his ignorance, and his desperado readiness to fight, but he also loved to have attention called to his courage, his gallantry to women, his patriotic enthusiasm, and his innate tenderness of heart. A fire and a thrilling melodrama called out all his energies and emotions. [Walsh, 1892]
双语例句
1. Another was on the Bowery, which he knew contained many showy resorts.
另一个在波威里街上, 他知道这条街上有很多豪华的酒店.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
2. Again he resorted to the Bowery lodging - house, brooding over where to look.
他又回到波威里街的寄宿处, 盘算着去哪里申请救济.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
3. Trees made the meadow a bowery maze.
树木使草原成了绿荫处处的迷宫.
来自辞典例句
4. Along the Bowery, men slouched through it with collars and hats pulled over their ears.
