uptown 英 [ˌʌpˈtaʊn] 　 美 [ˈʌpˌtaʊn]

uptown

uptown　 英 [ˌʌpˈtaʊn] 美 [ˈʌpˌtaʊn]

n. 住宅区　 adj. 住宅区的　 adv. （美）在住宅区；（美）在城镇非商业区　

名词复数:uptowns　

Is this bus going uptown?　这车是去住宅区的吗？
But after a while, they move uptown, into the formal economy.　但是不久，他们就搬进住宅区，成为正式经济的一部分。

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  • n. 住宅区
  • adj. 住宅区的
  • adv. （美）在住宅区；（美）在城镇非商业区

  • 1. Is this bus going uptown?

    这车是去住宅区的吗？

  • 2. But after a while, they move uptown, into the formal economy.

    但是不久，他们就搬进住宅区，成为正式经济的一部分。

  • 3. Forget keeping up with the Joneses…they have skyrocketed to success and are now living uptown with a country club membership, and their children are in private schools.

    忘了赶上那些富邻居们吗？ ...他们飞黄腾达，住在小镇的住宅区并且是乡村俱乐部的会员，他们的孩子也在私立学校里学习。

  • uptown (adv.) 1802, "to or in the higher or upper portion of a town," from up (adv.) + town (n.). As an adjective from 1838. As this usually was the residential portion of a town (especially a port) the word had overtones of "residential quarter" as opposed to "commercial and industrial district." As a noun from 1946, often meaning "more prosperous area of town."
up·town / ˌʌpˈtaʊn ; NAmE ˌʌpˈtaʊn / adverb , adjective ( NAmE) adverb in or to the parts of a town or city that are away from the centre, where people live 离开市中心；在（或向）市郊 ◆ They live in an apartment uptown. 他们住在市郊的一套公寓。 ◆ We walked uptown a couple of blocks until we found a cab. 我们向市郊走了好几条街才找到一辆出租车。 ☞compare downtown , midtown adjective 1 [only before noun ] in, to or typical of the parts of a town or city that are away from the centre, where people live 在（或向）市郊住宅区的；市郊住宅区的 ◆ an uptown train 开往市郊住宅区的火车 2 typical of an area of a town or city where people have a lot of money 富人区的 ◆ uptown prices 富人区的价格 ◆ an uptown girl 富人区的姑娘 up·town / ˌʌpˈtaʊn ; NAmE ˌʌpˈtaʊn /
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