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单词 suburban
释义
suburbansub‧ur‧ban /səˈbɜːbən $ -ˈbɜːr-/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • suburban attitudes
  • suburban life
  • a suburban shopping center
  • Despite her suburban clothes and appearance she was popular at college.
  • She hated her parents' suburban attitudes.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • It was to be on a new site and act as a combined station for suburban and express services.
  • The office was a former dental practice in the strip-mall sprawl of suburban San Diego.
  • The weather is glorious, so we trot through the suburban roads and leafy lanes, and find a hitherto undiscovered park.
  • Then competition with Mission Valley shopping centers and suburban residential growth prompted a rapid decline.
  • Under the beards, they may still be suburban, but now they are starving, picking up bricks..
  • What it really means is that the new trams are a hybrid between street car and lightweight suburban train.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorconventional
conventional people, behaviour, and opinions are the type that most people in society think are normal and socially acceptable, although some people think they are boring and old-fashioned: · Rosemary led a quiet, conventional life until she went to college.· Her outrageous stage act is seen as a challenge to conventional morality.· Acupuncture may work, but I still believe in a more conventional approach to medicine.
thinking and behaving like everyone else, because you do not want to be different: · Your problem is that you are too conformist in your thinking.· Our children's creativity is being beaten down by the conformist educational system.
informal conventional and often fairly boring: · Paul's quite nice but he's awfully straight.· I can't stand it when your friends come to visit - they're so straight.
a conservative person is fairly old-fashioned in their attitudes, beliefs, styles of clothes etc, and does not like change or new ideas. Old-fashioned attitudes, beliefs, styles etc can also be called conservative: · June's parents were very conservative and wouldn't allow her to date till she was 18.· middle-aged men in conservative business suits
especially British typical of the attitudes and way of life of people who are conventional and ordinary, and who disapprove of anyone who does not live or behave like them: · She hated her parents' suburban attitudes.· Despite her suburban clothes and appearance she was popular at college.
doing things in a way that have existed for a long time, and not interested in anything new or different: · Many traditional teachers still think of computers as useless toys.· His critics objected to the way he broke many of the traditional rules of art.
WORD SETS
abyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· The majority of suburban commuters were unable to get to New York.
(=life in the country/city/suburbs)· The girls hated their drab suburban existence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· But the number of suburban areas deemed in need of extra government aid has increased sharply.· Caffino is also in the process of getting city permits to set up shop in suburban areas of Boston and Chicago.· They include high-speed chases through densely packed suburban areas, filmed from the air by helicopters.· Employment of local government inspectors is concentrated in cities and in suburban areas undergoing rapid growth.· Densities of 30-65 homes / ha in developments of houses with gardens in more remote suburban areas.· I grew up in a white suburban area of Hartford, Connecticut, and went to a white suburban school.· The practice of local politics in the rural or suburban areas around metropolitan Britain is essentially the politics of exclusion.· However, comprehensives in relatively affluent rural and suburban areas will become richer.
· In this unremarkable suburban community, Siemens has created a showcase apprenticeship program for electronics technicians.· It ranks very low among the city and suburban communities in education.· And in the suburban communities that have grown up around the Valley.
· The highest rate of suburban development was in the cities of the North-East.· Indeed the earliest suburban development preceded railway expansion by a decade or so in the big cities.· But the existence of the railways made continued suburban development a real possibility.· The second half of the nineteenth century saw suburban development along the railway lines stretching out of Paris.· The railways remained vital to suburban development.
· The modern suburban family has a relentless appetite for housing, supermarkets and motorways.· Hope springs - maybe this is a suburban family with a difference?
· Meanwhile, our imaginary owner Mr Moneybags is turning his thoughts to winter interest in his suburban garden.· The sergeant gazed out at the suburban garden with a gardener's informed eye.· Each stood separately in its own little suburban garden.· This tiny rock-edged pool forms a tranquil corner in a suburban garden.· She went to the window and looked down at our drab patch of suburban garden.
· They know a life where everything happens in a big and isolated suburban home.
· The main pattern of suburban life is set out in box 17.· Similarly, a respectable suburban life may well be suppressed by an individual who wants to retain credibility amongst the gang.· Our suave heroes were transformed into Laurel and Hardy: suburban life speeded up into some manic, coronary inducing rush hour.
· They would replace X2000 tilting trains which are not regarded as ideal for outer suburban services with several intermediate stops.· Hillside Trains and Bayside Trains each have half the electrified Melbourne suburban services.· They would operate northern routes currently being electrified, and replace 1957-built EMUs on Lisboa suburban services.
· The expressway flies over quiet suburban streets with old-fashioned lamps coming on among the elms.· At last they reached Hastings, where Silas found his way to the suburban street of quality homes.· Instead, it stands a couple of suburban streets away from the perimeter track, complete with its house number above the door!· It was semi-detached and mock Tudor, in a quiet suburban street lined with acacia trees and unbroken street lamps.· He followed her down one quiet suburban street after another till they approached the busy main road.
· We parked in a pleasant street, lined with trees and filled with detached and semi-detached suburban villas.
1related to a suburb, or in a suburb:  a quiet, suburban street2boring and typical of people who live in the suburbs:  narrow-minded, suburban attitudes
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