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

• 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。
• 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 come from a small town.
  我来自一个小城镇。
• 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。
• But I'm from a small town.
  我是从一个小镇来的。
• 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。
• 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。
• A series of strange accidents took place in this small town.
  这个小镇里发生了一连串的奇怪事故。
• 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 was born in 1968 in a small town in Northwest China.
  我出生于1968年，中国西北方的一个小城镇。