-ville

短语

用以构成虚构的地名表示“城”, “镇”, “市”; 用以构成贬义词表示“地点”, “状态”, “特性”, “类别”：doomsville (厄运), weirdsville (怪诞)

发音

US /ˈvɪl/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town or city.

  2. 2.

    Used with an adjective, noun, or gerund as a mildly intensifying locative, indicating a region or state of that kind.

    比喻

    The two combatants have been stuck in stalemate-ville for a very long time.

词源

Borrowed from French ville (“town, city”).

来源：wiktionary