suburb
Definitions
A residential district lying on the outer edge of a city
郊区；城郊
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedsub- (under, near) + urb (city) = the settled belt sitting 'just below' the city — its outer residential ring. The Roman suburbium was the fringe clinging beneath the city walls; the modern suburb is the housing zone just outside the urban core.
Root urb still carries 24 more wordsUsage Guide
- AmE: 'the suburbs' strongly evokes middle-class family life, lawns, and car commuting — often a positive or aspirational image.
- BrE: 'suburban' can carry a faint whiff of the dull and conventional ('suburban tastes').
- Note: you live in a suburb / in the suburbs, and commute from the suburbs.
Example Sentences
- 1.
They moved out of the city to a quiet suburb with good schools.
- 2.
Every morning thousands commute from the suburbs into downtown.
- 3.
The suburb has grown into a town of its own right.