| 单词 | town-born |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown-born town-born adj. born in a particular town; born in a town or other urban area (cf. country-born adj. (b) at country n. and adj. Compounds 4). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [adjective] > town-bred town-born1578 town-bred1619 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 10 Philautus being a towne borne childe,..crepte into credite with Don Ferardo one of the chiefe gouernours of the citie. 1674 in Notes & Queries (1902) 9th Ser. 9 463/1 A free School to teach 20 poor town-born children born in Westminster. 1765 Let. to Great Man in Wells 22 Will he say to the Freemen of Wells, don't choose a town-born candidate, but let your election fall upon a stranger? 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 493/1 From the circumstance of my being town-born. 1965 R. H. Ross Georgian Revolt x. 232 The poetic insincerity which arises when town-born poets sentimentalize over rustic virtues. 1997 J. Connell Papua New Guinea viii. 191 A generation of town-born unemployed has now emerged. < as lemmas |
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