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单词 subtopia
释义

subtopia

/sʌbˈtəʊpɪə /
noun [mass noun] British
Unsightly, sprawling suburban development: I shall doubtless feel no more alien than anybody else in the prevailing subtopia because nobody will be working out of doors...
  • Proposals for densification or adopting urban housing models are understandably slow to take root and have yet to make any discernible impact on the relentless march of subtopia.
  • There are many varieties of downtown areas, and no two subtopias are alike.
  • ‘The embers of the empire shimmer like a distant blood-soaked sunset as the urban subtopias of downtown blighty rumble to the rhythms of a brand new internationalism.’

Derivatives

subtopian

adjective ...
  • My plan had been to head right through that subtopian labyrinth to the very edge, the scrubland beside the M57.
  • I consider that even in the subtopian clutter of modern towns and cities, a stark beauty can sometimes be found.
  • So now we fit in with the some of the other subtopian troglodytes in the area.

Origin

1950s: blend of suburb and utopia.

Rhymes

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