ghost town

英 [ˈɡəʊst taʊn]

美 [ˈɡoʊst taʊn]

n.  (曾一度繁华的)被废弃的城镇

牛津词典

noun

• （曾一度繁华的）被废弃的城镇
  a town that used to be busy and have a lot of people living in it, but is now empty

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鬼城；繁华不再的废城
  Aghost townis a town which used to be busy and wealthy but is now poor and deserted.
  1. Mogadishu is said to be a virtual ghost town, deserted by two-thirds of its residents.
     摩加迪沙2/3的居民已弃城而去，据说已成了一座名副其实的废都。

英英释义

noun

• a deserted settlement (especially in western United States)

双语例句

• When will Azeroth being getting a significant revamp, it is practically a ghost town with the exception of low level guildies?
  艾则拉斯什么时候能有一次大的修补？那地方除了那些低级别的人物以外跟鬼城一样。
• Sutters Mill up in the Sierras is now a ghost town.
  内华达山上的萨特的磨坊现在是个幽灵小镇。
• The part I selected the town of Redding, Connecticut, through the governance and development of brown land so that the great rejuvenation of the ghost town suffering from pollution case.
  本部分笔者选取了康涅狄格州雷丁镇通过对褐色土地的治理开发从而使饱受污染的幽灵小镇走向伟大复兴的案例。
• Kenya's second-largest city, however, is hardly a ghost town.
  肯尼亚第二大城市几几乎成为了幽灵之城。
• Let people use bridge skyshatter stone ghost town of watching over them, can absorb force they didn't be deceived.
  石破天让人用桥山镇鬼法吸收他们留意力，可他们没受骗。
• Bodi was built in1876, is a real American ghost town.
  伯帝建于1876年，是一座真实的美国鬼城。
• But there have been negative effects also, standing on a sandy beach at the mouth of the Rosetta branch of the Nile, I was puzzled by what seemed a ghost town.
  站在洛塞塔河口的沙滩上&尼罗河的一个支流，我仿佛看见了一座鬼城，令人毛骨悚然。
• The campus, usually bustling with life, will probably turn into a ghost town, with most restaurants, shops and student centers closing during the break.
  以往熙熙攘攘、人声鼎沸的校园到了春节可能就会变成一座空城，因为大部分餐馆、商店和学生中心都放假关门了。
• New labor laws forced the sweatshops to evacuate, leaving SoHo a ghost town desperate for a makeover.
  而新的劳工法迫使这些血汗工厂迁走了，使得苏荷区成为了一个亟需改造的弃城。
• The resort is like a ghost town in winter.
  这个度假胜地在冬天像是一个废弃的城镇。