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

• When the boys graduated from high school, Ann moved to a small town in Vermont
  当儿子们高中毕业后，安搬到佛蒙特州的一个小镇上居住。
• I live with my parents in a small town.
  我和父母住在一个小城镇；
• 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。
• The small town was surrounded by rolling country.
  小镇四周都是丘陵地带。
• I was born in a small town.
  我出生在一个小镇。
• I live in a Hainan Island's small town, there has the beautiful sea and many coconut trees.
  我住在海南岛的一个小镇，那里有美丽的大海和很多椰子。
• 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。
• This is an old, small town.
  这是一个古老的小镇。
• The small town became the centre of the whole country's attention.
  这个小县城成了全国注目的地方。
• The small town boasted only one school.
  这座小城仅有一所学校。