| 单词 | town twinning |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown twinning town twinning n. chiefly British the practice of establishing official or social links between two towns or cities, typically in different countries; cf. twin town n. at twin adj. and n. Compounds 5. [Compare French jumelage, lit. ‘twinning’ (1956 in this sense).] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > linking for cultural exchange twinning1956 town twinning1957 1957 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 28 June 4/5 Sister Mary Anthony..initiated the Racine–Montelimar (France) town-twinning project and is secretary of it. 1960 Sunday Express 16 Oct. 9/6 Town twinning between cities of highly developed and under-developed countries. 2012 D. Kübler & M. A. Pagano in K. Mossberger et al. Oxf. Handbk. Urban Politics i. vii. 124 Town twinning and international networking initiatives have been pursued throughout the twentieth century. < as lemmas |
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