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单词 city dwelling
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city dwellingn.

Brit. /ˈsɪtɪ ˌdwɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɪdi ˌdwɛlɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: city n., dwelling n.
Etymology: < city n. + dwelling n.
1. A city that is a dwelling place. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > other types of city
kine-burghc1225
City of Goda1382
city of refuge (alsorefute)a1425
mother city?a1425
imperial city1550
city dwelling1613
second city1621
out-city1642
garden town1835
hoard-burg1895
garden city1898
cathedral city1902
parasitopolis1927
twin city1973
arcology1985
sustainable city1986
1613 W. Leighton Teares or Lament. 177 I meane that high Ierusalem, The Cittie dwelling for all them, that shall in endles glory raigne.
1647 S. Rutherford Christ Dying i. 173 Our πολιτέυμα, our city-dwelling and our haunting is in heaven, Phil. 1.21.
2. A dwelling place within a city.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > other dwelling places > [noun]
city dwelling1804
1804 Universal Mag. July 13/1 It is most usual to suffer by such admittances, but most of all in city dwellings.
1837 Mag. Hort. June 236 In the little front and back yards of a city dwelling there should be beds of it.
1900 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 20 Oct. 997/1 The general lack of proper ventilation of city dwellings is a great predisposing agency in contracting consumption.
1977 C. Wagley Welcome of Tears (1983) iv. 88 Cockroaches,..the ubiquitous urban species which plagues city dwellings all over the world.
2009 M. J. Colloff Dust Mites iv. 134/2 Mite populations reached densities comparable with those found in city dwellings in developed countries.
3. The action or fact of living in a city.
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1908 D. Watson Social Probl. & Church's Duty ii. iii. 61 The Glasgow workman is enamoured of city life. It has been said that city-dwelling is with him almost a disease.
1961 P. R. Nayak in R. Turner India's Urban Future xix. 369 City dwelling is a temporary acquisitive phase.
2012 M. Glouberman Raven, Dove, & Owl of Minerva iii. 73 City dwelling is more complex than tent dwelling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

city dwellingadj.

Brit. /ˈsɪtɪ ˌdwɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɪdi ˌdwɛlɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: city n., dwelling adj. at dwell v. Derivatives
Etymology: < city n. + dwelling adj. at dwell v. Derivatives.
That lives in a city. In quot. 1593, as n. with the: people dwelling in a city collectively.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting town or city
city dwelling1593
urbane1601
burgessing1663
urban1762
town-dwelling1829
urbanized1884
townee1907
1593 A. Chute Beawtie Dishonoured 23 The wanton Cittie-dwelling counte their grace, But euery toung vpon suspect did glose.
1824 T. Stackhouse tr. Catullus in Epitome Hist., Laws, & Relig. Greece 46 The city-dwelling goddess.
1895 A. R. Eagar City of Living God i. 33 The Jews were not, like the Greeks, Romans, and Phoenicians, essentially a city-dwelling and city-loving people.
1936 L. G. Green in Best of S. Afr. Short Stories (1991) 167 It is good for city-dwelling South Africans to enter this green world of the forests.
2006 T. Anderson Riding Magic Carpet (2008) iii. 77 City-dwelling ‘pro-hos’ run for the beaches, forests and car parks looking for somewhere to continue the party.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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