单词 | strip city |
释义 | > as lemmasstrip city strip city n. a metropolitan complex consisting of two or more large cities linked by lines of continuous urban development. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > area composed of two or more cities metroplex1956 strip city1968 1968 J. I. Miller in Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 13 Jan. 68/2 By 1980 or so, 80 per cent of us will live in cities, and the strip city—Boston to Washington, Los Angeles to San Diego, and Milwaukee to Cleveland—will have made its appearance. 1986 New Yorker 1 Dec. 74/3 Greater Denver is in the process of becoming a sprawling megalopolis—one vast strip city along the Front Range, the eastern flank of the Rockies. < as lemmas |
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