单词 | 'burb |
释义 | 'burb, n. colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.). Brit. |bəːb|, U.S. |bərb| Forms: 19– 'burb, 19– burb [Shortened ‹suburb n.] A suburb, a suburban area. Freq. in pl. with the. Occas. depreciative, implying a dull ordinariness or lack of metropolitan sophistication among suburban residents.
1977Washington Post 11 Dec. 25/2 Others are buying the American dream of a house in the burbs and two cars in the garage. 1987K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 112 Why don'tcha go back to the burbs..where you belong. 1994Sunday Tel. 9 Oct. ii. 13/5 The problem may not be which 'burb to choose, but which to move on from first. 2001N. DeMille Lion's Game xxiii. 198 Some bridge and tunnel types from the burbs. |

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