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boreen
noun[ C ]
Irish Englishuk /bɔːˈriːn/ us /bɔːˈriːn/
a narrow lane(= a small road) in the countryside: 乡村小巷
All round the boreens are small cottages where many of the older rural community live. 小巷四周都是小村舍，许多较老的农村社区坐落在那里。
The couple bought a neglected farmhouse at the end of an overgrown kilometre-long boreen in West Cork.
As we were driving along the coast road to Sligo, Peter slowed down beside the entrance to a narrow lane, or boreen.
Martin drives up a hilly boreen known locally as the Mayo Lane.
He had frequently led patrols along the narrow roads and boreens that ran like veins through the countryside about Cork.
Up roads and down boreens I went in the truck, carrying turf.
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