释义 |
middletown \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Middletown, arbitrary name given to a midwestern town studied in Middletown — a Study in Contemporary American Culture (1929) by Robert S. Lynd b1892 and Helen M. Lynd b1897 American sociologists : a community typically representative of middle-class American life and culture |