suburban

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who lives in a suburb.
  2. An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.
形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.
    — Suburban villas, highway-ſide retreats, / That dread th' encroachment of our growing ſtreets, / Tight boxes, neatly ſaſh'd, and in a blaze / With all a July ſun's collected rays, / Delight the citizen, who gaſping there, / Breathes clouds of duſt and calls it country air.

词形变化

more suburban comparative most suburban superlative suburbans plural

词汇关系

反义词
nonsuburban
相关词
suburb environs periphery

词源

词源 1
From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban.
词源 2
From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban.
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