devil stripの例文
- Other parts of the country call it devil strip or planting strip or terrace.
- Once Gilles is free, the Devil strips Gilles of his memory and Gilles walks off leaving Anne with the Devil.
- And another term, " devil's footstep, " dates back to around 1860 and means " a spot of barren ground . " So it's not surprising that a strip of land next to the street, unusable by anyone, would be christened the " devil strip . " In fact, for Ohio, it's downright logical . " Mhicaoidh 07 : 32, 3 June 2007 ( UTC)
- When I was growing up in Connecticut, we called it the " shoulder, " but other terms heard around the U . S . include " tree bank " ( common in Massachusetts ), " berm, " " right of way, " " green strip " and the logical, if unglamorous, " dog walking area . " According to The Dictionary of American Regional English ( DARE ), which pays close attention to such local lingo, " devil strip " is heard almost exclusively in Northeastern Ohio, up around Akron.