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

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 smalltown


• 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.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。
  3. The guy in charge was the typical smalltown tyrant.
     管事者专横霸道，典型的小地方人。

英英释义

noun

• a community of people smaller than a town
  Synonym:villagesettlement

双语例句

• Varese Ligure is a small town in mountainous country east of Genoa.
  瓦雷泽古雷是位于热那亚以东山区的一座小城。
• I am from a small town.
  我来自一个小镇。
• But if you have lived in a small town, you can make the best of both world.
  如果你是一个小市镇里住过，你就可两全其美了。
• I live with my parents in a small town.
  我和父母住在一个小城镇；
• 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。
• This has provided a rationale to more thorough go into village and small town system plan.
  这为更深进的研究村镇体系规划提供了理论基础。
• I was born in 1968 in a small town in Northwest China.
  我出生于1968年，中国西北方的一个小城镇。
• I was born in a small town, up in the mountains.
  我出生在高山上的一个小镇。
• I was born in a small town.
  我出生在一个小镇。
• 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。