| 释义 |
Chinatown|ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn|
A section of a large town, especially a sea-port, in which Chinese live as a colony and to a great extent follow their own customs.
1857Butte Record (Oroville, Calif.) 31 Jan. 2/7 Chinatown was wild with joy. 1880R. L. Stevenson Across Plains (1892) 81 The noise..mounts to you..from your right also, round by Chinatown. 1889Chambers's Jrnl. 19 Jan. 39/2 For filth and wretchedness you must go to Chinatown [San Francisco] by night. 1892D. Sladen Japs at Home ii. 21 Separated from the Settlement and Chinatown..is the native town. 1902in G. R. Sims Living Lond. III. 86/1 The Limehouse Chinatown. 1944Living off Land viii. 160 He makes straight for ‘Chinatown’ and proceeds to buy up..junk. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Oct. 621/2 A fascinating picture of Chinatown. 1969V. G. Kiernan Lords of Human Kind v. 164 The opium-dens of Singapore, or London's China-town, had a sinister repute. |