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

  1. 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.
    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。

双语例句

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. The repository of all important knowledge in a small town was the chief barman of the local pub.
    小镇上最无所不知的人就是当地酒吧里的服务员领班。
  5. 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。
  6. I have a distant relative in this small town.
    在这个小镇上我有一个远亲。
  7. 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。
  8. The small town boasted only one school.
    这座小城仅有一所学校。
  9. She thought life in the small town was monotonous.
    她觉得小镇上的生活单调乏味。
  10. Quiet came over the small town at twi-light.
    暮色苍茫,那个小镇笼罩在一片静谧之中。
  11. The small town was surrounded by rolling country.
    小镇四周都是丘陵地带。
  12. 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。
  13. I was born in a small town, up in the mountains.
    我出生在高山上的一个小镇。
  14. I'm from a small town near Beijing.
    我是从北京附近的一个小城镇来的。
  15. I come from a small town.
    我来自一个小城镇。
  16. 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。
  17. But I'm from a small town.
    我是从一个小镇来的。
  18. I live with my parents in a small town.
    我和父母住在一个小城镇;
  19. 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。
  20. 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。
  21. I was born in a small town.
    我出生在一个小镇。
  22. This is an old, small town.
    这是一个古老的小镇。
  23. A man and a woman live in a small town.
    有一个男的和一个女的住在小城镇里。
  24. He has been warder in the small town's prison for 20 years.
    他已经在这座小城的监狱里当了20年的狱吏了。
  25. 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。
  26. 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。
  27. This happened in a small town of Cana in Galilee.
    这在加利利的一个小城迦拿发生。
  28. I am from a small town.
    我来自一个小镇。
  29. 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。

英英释义

noun

  1. a community of people smaller than a town

      Synonym:    villagesettlement