英语词汇“city limits”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

city limits n. the boundaries of a city; esp. (North American) those marking the jurisdiction of a city government; (also in singular) a boundary of this type.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > boundary or boundaries of city

city limits1714

corporation limits1818

1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. I. i. vi. 204 A Search after Felons within the City Limits.

1784 Act. Incorporating Part of Hartford in Acts & Laws Connecticut Amer. (1796) 69 By-Laws..relative to Nusances within said City Limits.

1848 H. G. Wheeler Hist. of Congr. II. 526 The ‘massacre of Chicago’..took place about one and a half miles below the fort, near the present city limit.

1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 July 1/5 One house was destroyed and the flames were within a short distance of the city limits.

1972 T. Shabad China's Changing Map (rev. ed.) x. 219 The city proper [of Chungking] is situated on a rocky, mile-wide promontory..but the city limits extend far from the city center.

2003 J. R. Lennon Mailman i. i. 19 Men in neckties heading..out past the city limits to their drone jobs in the tech industry.

单词	city limits
释义	> as lemmas city limits city limits n. the boundaries of a city; esp. (North American) those marking the jurisdiction of a city government; (also in singular) a boundary of this type. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > boundary or boundaries of city city limits1714 corporation limits1818 1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. I. i. vi. 204 A Search after Felons within the City Limits. 1784 Act. Incorporating Part of Hartford in Acts & Laws Connecticut Amer. (1796) 69 By-Laws..relative to Nusances within said City Limits. 1848 H. G. Wheeler Hist. of Congr. II. 526 The ‘massacre of Chicago’..took place about one and a half miles below the fort, near the present city limit. 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 July 1/5 One house was destroyed and the flames were within a short distance of the city limits. 1972 T. Shabad China's Changing Map (rev. ed.) x. 219 The city proper [of Chungking] is situated on a rocky, mile-wide promontory..but the city limits extend far from the city center. 2003 J. R. Lennon Mailman i. i. 19 Men in neckties heading..out past the city limits to their drone jobs in the tech industry. extracted from cityn. < as lemmas
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