| 释义 |
sub·urb
I. \ˈsəˌbərb, -ˌbə̄b, -ˌbəib sometimes -_bə(r)b\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin suburbium, from sub- under, near + urb-, urbs city — more at sub-
1.
a. : an outlying part of a city or town : a smaller place adjacent to or sometimes within commuting distance of a city
< the Connecticut shore has become a suburb of New York City >
b. suburbs plural : the residential area on the outskirts of any city or large town — used with the
< live in the suburbs >
2. suburbs plural : the near vicinity : periphery, environs
< carries them to the brink of rebirth and the suburbs of destruction — R.P.Blackmur >
II. adjective
1. : suburban
2. obsolete
a. : of or characteristic of life in the suburbs of the City of London in the 16th and 17th centuries
b. : loose, dissolute |