outskirts

汉语翻译

n. 近郊, 市郊

词意辨析

outskirts, suburbs

这两个名词均有“郊区、近郊”之意。
outskirts: 在现代英语中只用这个复数形式，通常指市区以外的地方。
suburbs: 侧重指与市区相接或相邻的居住区。

英语解释

名词 outskirts:

outlying areas (as of a city or town)

名词 outskirt:

a part of the city far removed from the center同义词：outskirt, fringe

例句

On the outskirts they passed a steel mill.他们在郊区从一家钢铁厂前面经过。Presently she recognized that she was already in the outskirts of the city.不久她看出，她已经到达这座城市的郊区。Fires swept through the outskirts, where the houses, being mostly of wood, were razed to the ground.大火席卷郊区，那里的房屋多数都是木造的，被烧成了一片废墟。