(a) an urban area of (cheap) housing made of inferior materials; (b) an urban area where homeless people congregate in makeshift shelters made from…
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| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > decrepit or unsightly (5) cardboard city1876 (a) an urban area of (cheap) housing made of inferior materials; (b) an urban area where homeless people congregate in makeshift shelters made from… twilight zone1909 (a) spec. an urban area in which housing is becoming decrepit; (b) gen. an indistinct boundary area combining some of the characteristics of the two… blight1938 transferred and figurative. spec. An unsightly urban area (cf. blighted, adj. 1b). grey area1959 Originally U.S. A residential area which is somewhat affected by poverty but not regarded as a slum. twilight area1960 = twilight zone n. (a). |
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