uptown

英 [ˌʌp'taʊn] 美 [ˌʌp'taʊn]

• n. 住宅区
• adj. 住宅区的
• adv. 位于或向着住宅区地

英英释义

Noun:

1. a residential part of town away from the central commercial district

Adjective:

1. of or located in the upper part of a town;

   "uptown residential areas"
   

Adverb:

1. toward or in the upper part of town

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He lived in a quiet section of uptown.
   他住在住宅区的一个安静的地段。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. She went to the uptown post office.
   她去住宅区的邮局。

用作副词 (adv.)

1. But after a while, they move uptown, into the formal economy.
   但是不久，他们就搬进住宅区，成为正式经济的一部分。

经典引文

• Oliver lived uptown, in an apartment..on East 79th Street.

  出自： D. Steel

• He would drive me uptown twenty blocks.

  出自： M. Amis

词汇搭配

• up town 到城里(到城里住住宅...

近反义词

【反义词】

• downtown 市中心区