| 单词 | company town |
| 释义 | > as lemmascompany town company town n. originally U.S. a town which is dependent on a particular commercial company for almost all of its employment, housing, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > town with other industry or occupation mill town1491 mining townc1827 lumber town1880 cow-town1885 company town1907 1907 A. C. Veatch Geogr. & Geol. Portion Southwestern Wyoming 47 All these towns..are coal-mining towns—‘company towns’—pure and simple. 1933 E. Caldwell God's Little Acre vii. 107 They passed through the other company towns,..looking out at the humming mills. 1963 P. Willmott Evol. Community ii. 16 The firm does not dominate the estate. Dagenham is far from being a ‘company town’. 2006 Daily Tel. 12 July 15/1 One of the last surviving company towns in America..is about to move into the 21st century. < as lemmas |
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