单词 | city dwelling |
释义 | city dwellingn.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. ΚΠ 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. 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). < n.1613adj.1593 |
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