suburbia

C1 大学 FREQ #37271

n. 都市的郊区, 郊区居民, 郊区居民所特有的风俗习惯

发音

UK /səˈbɜː.bɪ.ə/
其它
US /səˈbɝ.bi.ə/

词形变化

suburbias 复数 suburbias

教材释义与例句

名词

郊区；郊区居民

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    The suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to them; (sometimes derogatory) the suburbs as encapsulated or represented by the typical characteristics or qualities of the people living there, especially complacency, conformity, conservativeness, dullness, etc.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

suburb

上位词 2

community subculture

下位词 3

addition bedroom community faubourg

整体词 2

fringe outskirt

词源

PIE word *upó From suburb + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns, the names of collections of things, etc.), perhaps modelled after Latin suburbia (“suburbs”), the plural of suburbium.

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