| 词组 | outskirts |
| 释义 | suburb，outskirts 两词都有“郊区”的含义。 1． suburb 常指“大城市附近有许多高级住宅、中产阶级聚居的地区”: The fire destroyed many houses in the suburb of Boston. 2． outskirts 可指“远离城市或城镇中心的地区”: in the outskirts away from crowd- ed city 3． suburb 用单复数形式都可以，out- skirts 一般用复数形式: a suburb of New York in the suburbs of Chicago on the outskirts of London Northern Outskirts near Dublin Airport |
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