| 单词 | conurbation |
| 释义 | conurbation[ kon-er-bey-shuhn ] / ˌkɒn ərˈbeɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR conurbation ON THESAURUS.COM nounan extensive urban area resulting from the expansion of several cities or towns so that they coalesce but usually retain their separate identities. Origin of conurbationcon- + Latin urb- (stem of urbs ) “city, capital city, Rome” + -ation; coined by Sir Patrick Geddes (1854–1932), Scottish sociologist and city planner, in his Cities in Evolution (1915) Words nearby conurbationcontumely, contuse, contused wound, contusion, conundrum, conurbation, conure, CONUS, conus arteriosus, conv., convalesce Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for conurbationconurbation / (ˌkɒnɜːˈbeɪʃən) / nouna large densely populated urban sprawl formed by the growth and coalescence of individual towns or cities Word Origin for conurbationC20: from con- + -urbation, from Latin urbs city; see urban Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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