suburb

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsʌbɜːb/    美 /ˈsʌbɝb/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.
    — And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaines of Moab by Iordane, neere Iericho, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they giue vnto the Leuites of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in: and yee shall giue also vnto the Leuites suburbs for the cities round about them.
  2. The outer part; the environment. broadly
    — the suburbs […] of sorrow
  3. Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery. Australia,Ireland,New-Zealand,UK

词形变化

suburbs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bedroom suburb boomburb burb ecoburb Garden Suburb slumburb snoburbs subtopia suburban suburbed suburbia suburbial suburbian suburblike zoomburb

词源

From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium (from sub- (“under-”) + urbs (“city”)). Displaced native Old English underburg (literally “underborough”).
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