suburbs
英 ['sʌbɜ:b] 美 ['sʌbɜb]

n.

郊区，城郊( suburb的名词复数 )；四乡；隧；四郊

英英释义

suburb[ 'sʌbə:b ]

• n.a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

  同义词：suburbiasuburban area

词组短语

in the suburbs在郊区；在郊外

outer suburbs远郊

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. Most office workers commute from the suburbs.
   很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
2. Do you know where I can take a bus to the suburbs?
   您知道我在哪里可以坐公车到郊外去吗？

权威例句

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Minority Proximity to Whites in Suburbs: An Individual-Level Analysis of Segregation
Immigrant Groups in the Suburbs: A Reexamination of Suburbanization and Spatial Assimilation
“Chocolate city, vanilla suburbs:” Will the trend toward racially separate communities continue? ☆
Integrated research and evaluation on non-point source pollution in Shanghai suburbs
Comparison of heat fluxes from summertime observations in the suburbs of four north American cities.
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Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White; The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs