Rural
['rʊər(ə)l] or ['rʊrəl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) living in or characteristic of farming or country life; 'rural people'; 'large rural households'; 'unpaved rural roads'; 'an economy that is basically rural' .
(adj.) of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city; 'rural electrification'; 'rural free delivery' .
迭戈手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect.
(a.) Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
錄入:玛格
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Rustic, pastoral, country.
吉恩編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Countrified, rustic, agricultural, bucolic, verdant, sylvan, grassy, arcadian,pastoral
ANT:Urban, oppidan, civic
校對:莫蒂默
解釋/意思:
adj. of or belonging to the country: suiting the country: rustic: pertaining to agriculture.—n. (obs.) a countryman.—ns. Ru′ral-dean an ecclesiastic under the bishop and archdeacon with the peculiar care of the clergy of a district; Ru′ral-dean′ery.—v.t. Ru′ralise to render rural.—v.i. to become rural: to rusticate.—ns. Ru′ralism; Ru′ralist; Rural′ity.—adv. Ru′rally.—n. Ru′ralness.—adj. Ruridec′anal pertaining to a rural dean or deanery.
編輯:梅森
例句/造句/用法:
- The rural world was not ripe for him. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- You have not settled your rural excursion with Harriette yet, Julia told him. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Charming rural place. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- No more of your rural fighting parties for me, I hastily observed, and I neither like eggs and bacon nor pot-houses to eat my dinner in. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The fragrance of the late blossoms seemed an emanation of the tranquil scene, a landscape tutored to the last degree of rural elegance. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- It is a delightful, pretty, rural place for a man to read rhymes, and be romantic in; just fit for you, Fred. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The goal of the rural telegraph operator was to be able to take press. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It is safe to say that nothing has done more to relieve this loneliness and prevent the drift from the farms to the cities, than the widespread establishment of rural telephone service. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I am not fit for town life--so very rural and silly as I always have been. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- At this time the surroundings of the Orange laboratory were distinctly rural in character. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Nevertheless, the scene was rural and picturesque, very peaceful, and the house had a charm of its own. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Since then, he has often joined me in my little rural walks early in the morning. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- If you ever travel into Hampshire, Mr. Crawley begs me to say, he hopes you will adorn our RURAL RECTORY with your presence. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
編輯:梅森