urban

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɜːb(ə)n/    美 /ˈɜɹbən/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.
    — urban life
  2. Living in a city or town.
    — Inſomuch, as thoſe citizens vvere reputed for cheeſe and principall, vvho vvere poſſeſſed of land and living in the countrey: and theſe made the State, called the Ruſtick Tribes, in Rome: vvheras contrarivviſe the other eſtate, reputed the meaner in degree, vvas named the Vrbane Tribes; conſiſting of Artiſanes & ſuch like as vvere not landed perſons: into vvhich, if a man vvere transferred from any of the reſt, it vvas thought a great ſhame and diſgrace, as if hee vvere reproched for idleneſſe and negligence in husbandrie.
  3. Having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town.
    — All theſe Magiſtrats are but temporary, and have a time limited them; the Urbane or Citty Magiſtrats ſome of them continue in office 6. months, others 8. months, others are annuall; […]
  4. Relating to contemporary African American culture, especially in music. US,archaic,proscribed
  5. Of an inhabitant or resident: black; African-American. UK,US,euphemistic,offensive

词形变化

more urban comparative most urban superlative urbane alternative

词汇关系

反义词
bucolic nonurban rural
衍生词
antiurban cyburban Ellesmere Urban exurb interurban intraurban peri-urban preurban rban boulevard rurban semiurban single-point urban interchange synurban unurban urban blight urban boarding urban canyon urban contemporary urban crawl urban culture urban death urban decay urban district urban dweller urban exploration urban explorer urban fabric urban fantasy urban fee urban furniture urbanicity urbanish urbanism urbanist urbanistic urbanite urbanitis urbanity urbanization urbanisation urbanize urbanise urban legend urban lumberjack urban mine urban mining urban myth urban Naxal urbanness urbanoid urbanology urbanonym urbanophilic urban planner urban planning urban prairie urban regeneration urban renew urban-renew urban renewal urban renewed urban-renewed urban reserve urban rot urban-rural commune urban-rural gmina urban sanitary district urbanscape urban scattering urban sprawl urban studies urban survival syndrome urban-type settlement urban warfare urban warrior Whitchurch Urban
相关词
Urbanus
并列词
exurban suburban

词源

Borrowed from Middle French urbain (“belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urbane”) (modern French urbain), or from its etymon Latin urbānus (“of or belonging to a city, urban; of manners or style: like those of city dwellers: cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated”) + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Urbānus is derived from urbs (“city; walled town; Rome”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; a belt; an enclosure, fence”) or *werbʰ- (“to enclose”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).
For the euphemistic or proscribed term, it was coined by New York radio DJ Frankie Crocker in the early to mid-1970s as a synonym for Black music.
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