单词 | town-dwelling |
释义 | town-dwellingadj. That lives in a town, esp. as opposed to the countryside. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting town or city city dwelling1593 urbane1601 burgessing1663 urban1762 town-dwelling1829 urbanized1884 townee1907 1829 E. Elliott Village Patriarch 180 Those abominable Whigs, especially the town-dwelling portion of them, are very profitable stock. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 27 Feb. 2/3 The town-dwelling Westminsterians have beaten the rural Carthusians twice running at football. 1975 L. Perl Slumps, Grunts, & Snickerdoodles i. 19 The former town-dwelling artisans and tradesmen were taught how to hunt successfully for venison and bear. 2006 S. Saadi in J. McGonigal & K. Stirling Ethically Speaking 121 I love the countryside, not just in the sentimental manner of the jaded town-dwelling escapee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1829 |
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