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 town is used when referring to small places, usually in the United States, where people are friendly, honest, and polite, or to the people there. Small town is 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。