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

• She thought life in the small town was monotonous.
  她觉得小镇上的生活单调乏味。
• I come from a small town.
  我来自一个小城镇。
• 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。
• This magnificent show charts his meteoric rise from 'small town' country singer to top international Rock idol
  这场盛大的演出展示了他是如何从一个“小镇”乡村歌手一跃成为国际顶级摇滚偶像的。
• This happened in a small town of Cana in Galilee.
  这在加利利的一个小城迦拿发生。
• I live with my parents in a small town.
  我和父母住在一个小城镇；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。