| 单词 | twin city |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwin city twin city n. (a) North American either of two cities that are very close neighbours; spec. in plural (U.S.) St. Paul and Minneapolis, (Canadian) Fort William and Port Arthur; (b) occasionally used of a city in the sense of twin town below. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > (closely) neighbouring town or city twin city1856 the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > mutuality or reciprocity > twin town twin town1955 twin city1973 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] > other types of city kine-burghc1225 City of Goda1382 city of refuge (alsorefute)a1425 mother city?a1425 imperial city1550 city dwelling1613 second city1621 out-city1642 garden town1835 hoard-burg1895 garden city1898 cathedral city1902 parasitopolis1927 twin city1973 arcology1985 sustainable city1986 1856 Rock Island (Illinois) Argus 23 Apr. The church bells of the twin-cities [sc. Rock Island, Ill. and Davenport, Iowa] rang out their joyous notes in honor of the achievement [sc. bridging the Mississippi]. 1883 Harper's Mag. June 73/2 The twin cities [sc. St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn.]..emulate each other in metropolitan airs. 1912 J. Sandilands Western Canad. Dict. & Phrase-bk. Twin Cities, when spoken of in Canada, usually refer to Port Arthur and Fort William, neighboring cities and ports in Ontario. 1949 Pioneer-Press (St. Paul, Minnesota) 12 Aug. 1/3 Fog and clouds gave the Twin Cities respite from the hot weather for a few hours Thursday morning. 1968 A. Hailey Airport (1969) iii. iii. 319 Detroit and Windsor, the twin cities straddling the [U.S.–Canada] border. 1973 Guardian 13 Apr. 10/5 Manchester..is what they, laughingly I trust, call the ‘twin city’ of Leningrad. 1980 Quilt World Sept. 28/3 A learning-packed three-day seminar..will be held at a camp on the shores of Silver Lake in the Twin Cities. < as lemmas |
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