outskirts

英 [ˈaʊtskɜːts]

美 [ˈaʊtskɜːrts]

n.  (市镇的)边缘地带; 市郊
outskirt的复数

复数：outskirts　

考研IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.7565 / COCA.8456

牛津词典

noun

• （市镇的）边缘地带；市郊
  the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre
  1. They live on the outskirts of Milan.
     他们住在米兰市郊。

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 市郊；郊区
  The outskirts ofa city or town are the parts of it that are farthest away from its centre.
  1. Hours later we reached the outskirts of New York.
     我们几小时后到达了纽约市郊。

英英释义

noun

• outlying areas (as of a city or town)
  1. they lived on the outskirts of Houston
  2. they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd

双语例句

• My son and my husband were working on the outskirts of town and they came to rescue me.
  我丈夫和儿子在市郊工作，他们赶来救出了我。
• Fierce fighting has continued all day on the outskirts of the town.
  激战在城郊持续了一整天。
• The third commercial district is always the new office area on the city outskirts.
  第三商务区往往是市郊性的新办公区。
• At last they reached the outskirts of the forest.
  最后终于到了森林的外围。
• We bivouacked on the outskirts of the city.
  我们在市郊露营。
• Its colleges and other buildings are scattered widely throughout the city and its outskirts.
  各个学院和其他建筑广阔地散落在全城和市郊。
• On a sunny day, David went to the outermost outskirts.
  在一个晴朗的日子，戴维去了远离中心的郊区。
• Athletes from the parched outskirts of cities in Ethiopia and Algeria.
  还有从埃塞俄比亚和阿尔及利亚干涸的城郊出来的田径运动员。
• All too soon we reach the outskirts of Amsterdam.
  很快，我们就到达了阿姆斯特丹的市郊。
• She found a small, inexpensive motel on the outskirts of the town; it was barren and unlovely.
  她在城郊找了一家便宜的小汽车旅馆，那旅馆既简陋又难看。