downtown
英['daʊntaʊn]
美['daʊn'taʊn]
- adv. 往闹市区；在市区
- adj. 市中心的
- n. 市中心区；三分线以外
中文词源
downtown 市中心
通常认为该词来自早期纽约市的规划，在1830年的时候，纽约城区集中在曼哈顿岛南端，后来，随着经济的发展北扩，而up and down对应于地图上北和南。后来，downtown就作为市中心的代称，而uptown则作为居住区的代称。
英文词源
- downtown (n.)
- 1835, from down (adv.) + town. The notion is of suburbs built on heights around a city.
双语例句
- 1. There is heavy traffic in the downtown area tonight.
- 今夜闹市区交通繁忙。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. a downtown shopping plaza
- 市中心的购物区
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The city is providing free transportation to the stadium from downtown.
- 本市现在提供从市中心到体育场的免费交通。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. The councillors put the problem of downtown parking before the mayor.
- 议员们向市长提出了市内停车的问题.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. This was, New York apart, the first American city I had ever been in where people actually lived downtown.
- 除了纽约，这是我到过的第一个人们确实住在市中心的美国城市。
来自柯林斯例句