small town
英 [ˈsmɔːl taʊn]
美 [ˈsmɔːl taʊn]
adj. (通常指美国的小镇)民风淳朴友好的;(人)偏狭守旧的
柯林斯词典
- ADJ (通常指美国的小镇)民风淳朴友好的;(人)偏狭守旧的
Small townis used when referring to small places, usually in the United States, where people are friendly, honest, and polite, or to the people there.Small townis also sometimes used to suggest that someone has old-fashioned ideas.- ...an idealized small-town America of neat, middle-class homes...
理想化的富有小镇风情的美国,到处是整洁的中产阶级住宅 - The little small-town banks were traditionally very frightened that Wall Street would come to dominate the whole country...
偏狭守旧的小银行通常都很害怕华尔街会控制整个国家。 - The guy in charge was the typical smalltown tyrant.
管事者专横霸道,典型的小地方人。
- ...an idealized small-town America of neat, middle-class homes...
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 smalltown
英英释义
noun
- a community of people smaller than a town
双语例句
- I come from a small town in brazil, so big city life is quite a change for me.
我来自巴西的一个小城镇,所以大城市的生活对我来说是一个不小的变化。 - This magnificent show charts his meteoric rise from 'small town' country singer to top international Rock idol
这场盛大的演出展示了他是如何从一个“小镇”乡村歌手一跃成为国际顶级摇滚偶像的。 - Whenthe new road was built, the small town was transformed into a large city.
新的公路建成之后,这个小镇就变成了一个大城市了。 - I'm from a small town near Beijing.
我是从北京附近的一个小城镇来的。 - I live with my parents in a small town.
我和父母住在一个小城镇; - The small town boasted only one school.
这座小城仅有一所学校。 - A series of strange accidents took place in this small town.
这个小镇里发生了一连串的奇怪事故。 - The small town was surrounded by rolling country.
小镇四周都是丘陵地带。 - It's a ticket that was designed to appeal to suburban and small town voters.
这一竞选政策意在吸引郊区和小城镇选民。 - This happened in a small town of Cana in Galilee.
这在加利利的一个小城迦拿发生。