| 单词 | country town |
| 释义 | > as lemmascountry town country town n. a small town which forms the centre of a rural district, and serves only the immediate area, as distinguished from a seaport, manufacturing town, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > other types of town country town1598 post town1635 Residenz1824 garden town1835 Residenzstadt1841 hometown1851 tin town1884 ghost town1894 new town1918 shopping strip1935 twin town1955 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Villaggio, a village, a borough, a hamlet, a countrie towne. 1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 10 If he liue in a Country Towne. 1689 S. Johnson Remarks Dr. Sherlock's Bk. 37 To search in Villages or Country-Towns. 1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. Introd. 30 From those Barges they [sc. the coals] are loaded into Carts and Waggons, to be carried to the respective Country Towns. 1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship v. 23 London Riders,..who cut..so smart a figure in a country town. ?a1828 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. Tour Continent in Jrnls. (1941) II. 319 A pretty mixture of rusticity, and country-town and river bustle. 1925 Amer. Mercury Dec. p. xxxviii (advt.) Mr. White, himself a country-town man, presents what he considers Coolidge's weaknesses as well as his strong points. 2007 51st London Film Festival (British Film Institute programme) 65/2 The story of a man who takes a business trip to a country town and suddenly decides to change his identity and reinvent his life. < as lemmas |
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