| 单词 | urban |
| 释义 | urban (once / 365 pages) adj Use the adjective urban to refer to cities or people who live in cities. It carries a suggestion of grittiness––urban style involves darker colors. The terms city and town are sometimes used inconsistently. If it is large enough, a town is considered to be an urban area. Communities where people live outside cities are called suburban. Urban is from a Latin adjective formed from urbs "city." WORD FAMILYurban: suburban, urbanise, urbanize+/suburban: suburbanest, suburbanise, suburbanite, suburbanize/suburbanise: suburbanised/suburbanite: suburbanites/suburbanize: suburbanized/urbanise: urbanisation, urbanised/urbanize: urbanization, urbanized, urbanizing USAGE EXAMPLESHe also points to mismanagement, corruption and red tape within a complex web of urban planning authorities. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) Like driverless cars, the delivery robots use cameras, GPS devices and radar to navigate the urban environment. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Meanwhile, MPF Vice President Jay Parsons said he expects little or no rent growth in urban rental markets this year. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area urban sociology urban development 2adj located in or characteristic of a city or city life urban property owners urban affairs urban manners Syn|Ant citified, city-born, city-bred, cityfied being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person city-likeresembling a city urbanised, urbanizedmade urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics rural living in or characteristic of farming or country life agrarian, agricultural, farmingrelating to rural matters agrestic, rusticcharacteristic of the fields or country arcadian, bucolic, pastoral(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic campestralof fields or open country countrified, countryfied, rusticcharacteristic of rural life country-bredrough and uncouth country-styletypical of the country cracker-barrel, folksy, homespuncharacteristic of country life hobnailedmarked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails |
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