outskirts
英 [ˈaʊtskɜ:ts] 美 [ˈaʊtskɜrts]

n.

郊外；市郊，郊区；从外围经过；边缘

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [P]外围地区，郊区，郊外 the outer area of sth

英英释义

outskirts[ 'autskə:ts ]

• n.outlying areas (as of a city or town)

  "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"

同近义词辨析

suburbs, outskirts

这组词都有“郊区、近郊”的意思，其区别是：

suburbs侧重指与市区相接或相邻的居住区。

outskirts在现代英语中只用这个复数形式，通常指市区以外的地方。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. We live on the outskirts of the city.
   我们住在这个城市的郊区。
2. The hotel is situated in the outskirts of the city.
   这个酒店位于城市的郊区。
3. You may as well take a brief look at the outskirts and the city along the way.
   大家不妨欣赏一下沿途郊区和市区的景色。

权威例句

Outskirts of Galaxy Clusters: Intense Life in the Suburbs
Hot dust on the outskirts of the broad-line region in Fairall 9
The Formation and Evolution of Disk Outskirts: N-body Simulations
The Formation and Evolution of Disk Outskirts: N-body Simulations
Discovery of an Unusual Dwarf Galaxy in the Outskirts of the Milky Way
Beyond Inside-Out Growth: Formation and Evolution of Disk Outskirts
A kinematically selected, metal-poor stellar halo in the outskirts of M31
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the surface soils from outskirts of Beijing, China
Organochlorine pesticides (DDTs and HCHs) in soils from the outskirts of Beijing, China
The Nature of the Antlia Galaxy: A New Dwarf Irregular in the Outskirts of the Local Group.