单词 | population centre |
释义 | > as lemmaspopulation centre population centre n. a densely populated urban area; the area of a particular country, region, etc., which is most densely populated. ΚΠ 1867 Times 27 Aug. 7/4 Every great population centre contains several thousands such provident, industrious, deserving men. 1922 F. H. Dixon Railroads & Govt. x. 140 Routing was also worked out to take advantage of ruling grades and to avoid congested population centres. 1993 D. Lamb Sense of Place 23 The population center of the United States... Today it's at Steelville, Missouri..and the density is seventy people per square mile (and 9,883 in Washington, D. C., the nation's ‘murder capital’). < as lemmas |
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