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

• It's a ticket that was designed to appeal to suburban and small town voters.
  这一竞选政策意在吸引郊区和小城镇选民。
• A man and a woman live in a small town.
  有一个男的和一个女的住在小城镇里。
• But I'm from a small town.
  我是从一个小镇来的。
• I am from a small town.
  我来自一个小镇。
• I was born in a small town.
  我出生在一个小镇。
• I'm from a small town near Beijing.
  我是从北京附近的一个小城镇来的。
• 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。
• 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 live in a Hainan Island's small town, there has the beautiful sea and many coconut trees.
  我住在海南岛的一个小镇，那里有美丽的大海和很多椰子。
• I live with my parents in a small town.
  我和父母住在一个小城镇；