中文词源
uptown 市郊
参照downtown词源。
英语词源
- uptown (adv.)
- 1802, "to or in the higher or upper portion of a town," from up (adv.) + town (n.). As an adjective from 1838. As this usually was the residential portion of a town (especially a port) the word had overtones of "residential quarter" as opposed to "commercial and industrial district." As a noun from 1946, often meaning "more prosperous area of town."
权威例句
- 1. He rode uptown and made his way to Bob's apartment.
- 他乘车前往城外鲍勃的公寓。
- 2. Susan continued to live uptown.
- 苏珊继续住在市郊。
- 3. There's a skating rink uptown.
- 市郊有一个溜冰场。
- 4. They live in an apartment uptown.
- 他们住在市郊的一套公寓。
- 5. New uptown is nearby the high way.
- 新住宅区紧挨高速公路.