英単語

exurbの意味・使い方・発音

exurb

英 ['eksɜːb]
  • n.遠い郊外;都市の遠い郊外;裕福な家族が住む都市の遠い郊外

英語の語源


exurb (n.)
"the outer, prosperous ring of the suburbs," 1955, American English, from exurban (adj.), by 1838 (it seems to have arisen in the writings of the reform movement opposed to urban cemeteries), from ex- + urban, on model of suburban. Related: Exurbanite; exurbia.

例文


1. The artsy-ginsy exurb was no place for Salinger.
この付随的で風雅な郊外もサリンジャーが滞在できる場所ではない。

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