| 单词 | urbanology |
| 释义 | urbanology in British English (ˌɜːbəˈnɒlədʒɪ) noun the branch of sociology that specializes in urban life and problems urbanology in American English (ˌɜːrbəˈnɑlədʒi) noun the study of urban problems, esp. as a social science Derived forms urbanologist noun Word origin [1960–65; urban + -o- + -logy]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, disco, go-go, tag question, zip code-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -logy is a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge. Other wordsthat use the affix -logy include: ethnology, genealogy, thanatology, topology, tropology |
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