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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She thought life in the small town was monotonous.
  她觉得小镇上的生活单调乏味。
• This is an old, small town.
  这是一个古老的小镇。
• 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。
• The small town boasted only one school.
  这座小城仅有一所学校。
• 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。
• 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。