词汇 | fleet street |
词源 | Fleet Street. Fleet Street in London has been synonymous with journalism since the end of the 18th century, when the first newspaper was published there. The street takes its name not from fleet reporters writing stories while type is being set, but for the Fleet River that ran alongside it. |
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