单词 | satellite city |
释义 | > as lemmassatellite city (b) In sense 3c, as satellite city, satellite town, etc. ΚΠ 1841 Standard 6 Aug. We do not deny the existence of some distress in Manchester and its satellite towns, or in Paisley and Glasgow. 1859 Era 19 June 5/3 The Chess clubs in the commercial capital of the great republic and its satellite township..got up a superb testimonial. 1864 Army & Navy Jrnl. (U.S.) 25 June 728/1 The enemy hastily put himself on the march to save the satellite city of his capital. 1875 Manch. Guardian 13 Feb. 7/5 This town is to Merthyr and its satellite communities what Liverpool is to Manchester, and something more. 1933 B. Smith Rural Crime Control i. 28 This revolution in the conditions of rural life has been accentuated in the suburban areas and satellite villages which have sprung up in just a few decades. 1977 New Yorker 13 June 94/2 The new Taichung port..is to include a separate satellite city. 2004 J. Dickie Cosa Nostra xi. 320 He was being driven into Palermo from his home in Mondello, Palermo's seaside satellite town, when the windscreen and one of the tyres of his car were shot out. < as lemmas |
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