| 释义 |
up-ˈtown, adv., ˈup-town, a.
(Also without hyphen.)
[up prep.2]
1. adv. In, to, or into the higher or upper part of a town, or (U.S.) the residential portion of a town or city.
1802J. Cowles Diary 8 Apr. (1931) 65 Mama went uptown today. 1839C. F. Briggs Harry Franco I. xiii. 96 The rain was pattering against the windows, and the house was far uptown. 1855Clarke, Uptown, up the town. 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. vii, I had heard of Miss Havisham up town. 1883Century Mag. Oct. 856/2 The current of domestic life..then flowed onward up-town. 1899J. L. Williams Stolen Story, etc. 30 Two..told me about it uptown at dinner.
2. adj. Situated or dwelling up-town; of or pertaining to the upper (also, U.S., residential) part of a town.
1838J. L. Stephens Trav. Greece I. 83 Even I,..a quondam speculator in ‘up-town lots’. 1859Habits of Gd. Society v. 192 So universal is insolence in America,..even in what is called good society—the ‘up-town’ sets. 1883Century Mag. Oct. 857/2 The course of the up-town movement at first included Broadway.
3. as n. The higher or upper part of a town or city, spec. the residential or more prosperous area. U.S.
1946R. Blesh Shining Trumpets vii. 160 New Orleans' downtown is the old quarter north of Canal Street. Uptown is the district around the nucleus of the American Quarter. 1975J. Gores Hammett vii. 50 The frisk..was for show, to impress high-rollers from uptown out for a night of slumming.
Hence ˈuptowner, a person from ‘uptown’.
1924[see high-hat v.]. 1981P. Mallory Killing Matter xii. 129 The area had..its own rough charm, but it was as remote as Mozambique..to your educated Uptowner. |