suburb
suburb 英 [ˈsʌbɜ:b] 美 [ˈsʌbɜrb]
n. 郊区；
名词复数:suburbs
- A suburb is a residential district located on the outskirts of a city. If you live in the suburbs, you probably travel to the city for work.
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- n. 郊区；
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1. He wanted to home in the suburb.
他想在郊区安个家。
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2. a suburb of London
伦敦郊区
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3. a London suburb
伦敦郊区
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4. They live in the suburbs.
他们住在城外。
- suburb (n.) early 14c., "area outside a town or city," whether agricultural or residential but most frequently residential, from Old French suburbe "suburb of a town," from Latin suburbium "an outlying part of a city" (especially Rome), from sub "below, near" (see sub-) + urbs (genitive urbis) "city" (see urban). Glossed in Old English as underburg. Just beyond the reach of municipal jurisdiction, suburbs had a bad reputation in 17c. England, especially those of London, and suburban had a sense of "inferior, debased, licentious" (as in suburban sinner, slang for "loose woman, prostitute"). By 1817, the tinge had shifted to "of inferior manners and narrow views." Compare also French equivalent faubourg.
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