outskirt

outskirt — 名詞

1. the outer area of a town, city, or other place, away from the middle.

1.名詞C1
釋義

外圍

城市或地區遠離中心處

the outer area of a town, city, or other place, away from the middle.

例句

A fruit market opened on the outskirts of Tainan last spring.

去年春天，台南外圍開了一座水果市場。

pattern: on the outskirts of + place

Their factory sits on the outskirts of the city near rice fields.

他們的工廠位在市區外圍，旁邊就是稻田。

常見搭配
  • on the outskirts of
  • the outskirts of town
  • city outskirts
  • reach the outskirts
  • live on the outskirts
同義詞
  • edge

    a broad everyday word for the outside line or limit of something

  • border

    often suggests the line between two areas rather than the outer part itself

  • fringe

    can mean the outer part of an area, often with a slightly more figurative tone

  • suburb

    more specific, because it usually means a residential area near a city

反義詞
  • center

    the middle part of a place

  • heart

    the central and most important part of a place

文法句型

the outskirts of + place

on the outskirts of + place

reach the outskirts of + place

用法筆記

Usually seen in the plural form 'outskirts', especially in the pattern 'the outskirts of + place'. Distinguish it from 'suburb', which names a residential area rather than the outer edge in general.

常見錯誤

They live in the outskirt of Taipei.
They live on the outskirts of Taipei.
the usual form is plural 'outskirts' with 'of' after it.
The warehouse is in a suburb of the city.
The warehouse is on the outskirts of the city.
a suburb is a district or town, but outskirts simply means the outer edge.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • city outskirts
  • town outskirts
  • urban outskirts
  • desert outskirts

常用片語

  • the outskirts of a city
  • on the outskirts of
  • reach the outskirts of
  • live on the outskirts of

介系詞搭配