| 单词 | cow-town |
| 释义 | > as lemmascow-town cow-town n. U.S. a town forming a local centre in a stock-raising district; a small, isolated town. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > town with other industry or occupation mill town1491 mining townc1827 lumber town1880 cow-town1885 company town1907 1885 Santa Fe Weekly New Mexican 3 Dec. 4/1 St. Louis is the biggest cow-town on earth just at present. 1888 T. Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. Feb. 500 A true ‘cow-town’ is worth seeing. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy viii. 101 This cow town had the reputation of setting a pace that left the wayfarer purseless and breathless. 1907 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 xxii. 212 Then [followed] a rollicking tale of the cow-towns and men. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Dec. 755/4 The mushroom cow-towns, such as Abilene, Newton and Dodge City. 1967 Amer. Speech 42 115 Wichita's life as a ‘cow town’ was just beginning. < as lemmas |
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