'burbn.

Brit.

/bəːb/, U.S.

/bərb/

Forms: 1900s– 'burb, 1900s– burb.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: suburb n.

Etymology: Shortened < suburb n.

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).

A suburb, a suburban area. Frequently in plural with the.Occasionally depreciative, implying a dull ordinariness or lack of metropolitan sophistication among suburban residents.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > suburb > collectively

suburbc1350

suburbans?c1400

suburblec1540

outshifts1592

skirts1616

environsc1660

outpart1722

outlets1762

suburbia1870

'burb1977

1977 Washington Post 11 Dec. 25/2 Others are buying the American dream of a house in the burbs and two cars in the garage.

1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 112 Why don'tcha go back to the burbs..where you belong.

1994 Sunday Tel. 9 Oct. ii. 13/5 The problem may not be which 'burb to choose, but which to move on from first.

2001 N. DeMille Lion's Game xxiii. 198 Some bridge and tunnel types from the burbs.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	burb
释义	'burbn. Brit. /bəːb/, U.S. /bərb/ Forms: 1900s– 'burb, 1900s– burb. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: suburb n. Etymology: Shortened < suburb n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). A suburb, a suburban area. Frequently in plural with the.Occasionally depreciative, implying a dull ordinariness or lack of metropolitan sophistication among suburban residents. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > suburb > collectively suburbc1350 suburbans?c1400 suburblec1540 outshifts1592 skirts1616 environsc1660 outpart1722 outlets1762 suburbia1870 'burb1977 1977 Washington Post 11 Dec. 25/2 Others are buying the American dream of a house in the burbs and two cars in the garage. 1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 112 Why don'tcha go back to the burbs..where you belong. 1994 Sunday Tel. 9 Oct. ii. 13/5 The problem may not be which 'burb to choose, but which to move on from first. 2001 N. DeMille Lion's Game xxiii. 198 Some bridge and tunnel types from the burbs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1977
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