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

• 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。
• I come from a small town.
  我来自一个小城镇。
• This is an old, small town.
  这是一个古老的小镇。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm from a small town near Beijing.
  我是从北京附近的一个小城镇来的。
• I live with my parents in a small town.
  我和父母住在一个小城镇；
• 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。
• I have a distant relative in this small town.
  在这个小镇上我有一个远亲。
• 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。