suburb
US: /ˈsəbɝb/
UK: /sˈʌbɜːb/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
suburb /'sʌbə:b/- danh từ
- ngoại ô
- the suburbs: khu vực ngoại ô
- ngoại ô
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun(also AmE informal the burbs [pl.]) an area where people live that is outside the centre of a city: a suburb of London + a London suburb + They live in the suburbs.
Collocation
ADJ.
outer, outlying | inner | northern, southern, etc. | Berlin, Tokyo, etc. | affluent, comfortable, exclusive, prosperous, smart, wealthy | poor | middle-class, working-class | respectable | pleasant | leafy, quiet | grey | industrial, residential | sprawling
out beyond the sprawling suburbs
VERB + SUBURB
move out to
As soon as we can afford it, we'll move out to the suburbs.
SUBURB + VERB
grow
The middle-class suburbs are growing fast.
PREP.
from the ~s
For a child from the suburbs, a trip to the city was a great adventure.
| in a/the ~
She's renting in some grey suburb of Birmingham.
| in the ~s
Many people work in the centre but live in the suburbs.
Concise dictionary
suburbs'sʌbɜrb /'sʌbɜːbnoun
+a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
