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单词 town-bred
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town-bred
town-bred adj.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [adjective] > town-bred
town-born1578
town-bred1619
1619 J. T. Hunting of Pox sig. A4v To feast him with a towne-bred Goose, if he would please to stay.
1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 52 A Town-bred, or Countrey-bred Similitude, it is worth nothing.
1795 F. Reynolds Rage i. ii. 11 If Lady Sarah Savage be a picture of town-bred women of fashion, let me remain a plain simple rustic all my life.
1869 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 396 Smart, active fellows, but thoroughly town-bred.
1996 Guardian 18 Mar. ii. 4/1 The sort of proud-hearted, scar-nosed, frayed-eared, town-bred tom who does not give his friendship or trust lightly.
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