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单词 suburb
释义 suburb
suburb /ˈsʌb.ɜːb/ aep /-ɝːb/ noun
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B2 [C] an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live:
» Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne.» We drove from middle-class suburbs to a very poor inner-city area.Thesaurus+: ↑Areas in towns and cities
the suburbs [plural]
2
F0 the outer area of a town, rather than the shopping and business centre in the middle:
» The company decided to relocate to the suburbs because the rent was much cheaper.Thesaurus+: ↑Areas in towns and cities
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Extra Examples:» a leafy suburb» a middle-class suburb of New York» It's a suburb of Manchester really - I wouldn't call it Manchester proper.» We live in a suburb of London.» I grew up in a very middle-class suburb of Manchester.
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