sunbelt

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An area or belt of land that receives a lot of sun; specifically, a zone comprising the southern and western states of the USA where the weather is typically sunny, characterised by an influx of population from the north and often typified as having conservative political views. US
    — Anglos to whom I talked in Miami […] persisted in the related illusions that the city was small, manageable, prosperous in a predictable broad-based way, southern in a progressive sunbelt way, American, and belonged to them.

词形变化

sunbelts plural Sunbelt alternative Sun Belt alternative

词源

Compound of sun + belt. Purportedly coined by American politician Sam Rayburn.
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