单词 | rust belt |
释义 | > as lemmasrust belt rust belt n. (also with capital initials) [compare belt n.1 10b] originally and chiefly U.S. (a) an area of land in which crops are (frequently) affected by rust (sense A. 6a); (b) (chiefly with capital initials) the declining industrial heartland of the Midwest and the north-eastern United States, spec. the area around Pittsburgh and other steel-producing towns; (also) a similar area elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > western states > steel producing towns rust belt1869 rust bowl1937 1869 San Francisco Bull. 5 Aug. 93/3 A foreign demand for wheat and barley would set a good many farmers on their pins... The demand will not, of course, help those who rented lands within the rust belt. 1927 Las Vegas (New Mexico) Daily Optic 14 July 6/4 Although black rust in early stages has now become widespread thruout the whole rust belt, the rust is not showing an aggressive form. 1982 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 30 Nov. Unemployment is extremely high..in many areas of the so-called ‘Rust Belt’, the heavy industry areas of the Midwest and parts of the Northeast. 1990 Punch 27 July 18/3 East Germany is a combination of backward agriculture and rustbelt which makes the most blighted parts of northern England and central Scotland look like Silicon Valley. 2006 Jrnl. Global Hist. 1 177 (title) Global rust belt: Hemileia vatatrix and the ecological integration of world coffee production. 2006 Christian Cent. 16 May 47/2 If you were choosing a place to plant churches to meet demographic needs..you could not have done worse than the Rust Belt. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。