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outskirts

noun
🔊/ˈaʊtskɜːts/
🔊/ˈaʊtskɜːrts/
 [plural]
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  1. the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre（市镇的）边缘地带；市郊
    • on the outskirts (of something) They live on the outskirts of Milan.他们住在米兰市郊。🔊🔊
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    • We were driving through the outskirts of Baghdad.我们正开车穿过巴格达市郊。
    • a school in the outskirts of Athens雅典郊区的一所学校
    Topics Geographyc1, Buildingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • city
    • northern
    • etc.
    • …
    verb + outskirts
    • reach
    preposition
    • in the outskirts
    • on the outskirts
    • through the outskirts
    • …
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