city-boundadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɪtɪbaʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈsɪdiˌbaʊnd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: city n., bound adj.¹

Etymology: < city n. + bound adj.¹

Travelling towards or heading for a city or city centre.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adjective]

boundc1400

bent1697

destinedc1790

city-bound1844

space-bound1955

1844 Bentley's Misc. 15 10 Omnibuses densely packed with the city-bound colonists of Brixton and Clapham.

1863 New Amer. Cycl. X. 625/1 The steamboats disgorge an additional number of city-bound people.

1866 E. Yates Land at Last III. i. 2 That long steady stride was very different from the joyous step which had provoked the cynicism of the city-bound clerks.

1913 Electric Railway Jrnl. 11 Jan. 65/1 Here the rush-hour average of city-bound traffic is 158 per cent.

1961 A. Mehta in K. Davis & R. Turner India's Urban Future xxii. 415 The more that development is tackled regionally, the less will be the surge of city-bound migrants.

2005 K. Ascher The Works: Anat. of City i. iii. 54 The Exclusive Bus Lane (XBL)..provides access to the Lincoln Tunnel for city-bound commuters from New Jersey.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	city-bound
释义	city-boundadj. Brit. /ˈsɪtɪbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈsɪdiˌbaʊnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: city n., bound adj.¹ Etymology: < city n. + bound adj.¹ Travelling towards or heading for a city or city centre. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adjective] boundc1400 bent1697 destinedc1790 city-bound1844 space-bound1955 1844 Bentley's Misc. 15 10 Omnibuses densely packed with the city-bound colonists of Brixton and Clapham. 1863 New Amer. Cycl. X. 625/1 The steamboats disgorge an additional number of city-bound people. 1866 E. Yates Land at Last III. i. 2 That long steady stride was very different from the joyous step which had provoked the cynicism of the city-bound clerks. 1913 Electric Railway Jrnl. 11 Jan. 65/1 Here the rush-hour average of city-bound traffic is 158 per cent. 1961 A. Mehta in K. Davis & R. Turner India's Urban Future xxii. 415 The more that development is tackled regionally, the less will be the surge of city-bound migrants. 2005 K. Ascher The Works: Anat. of City i. iii. 54 The Exclusive Bus Lane (XBL)..provides access to the Lincoln Tunnel for city-bound commuters from New Jersey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1844
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