uptown的词源

英文词源

uptown (adv.)

1802, "to or in the higher or upper portion of a town," from up (adv.) + town (n.). As an adjective from 1838. As this usually was the residential portion of a town (especially a port) the word had overtones of "residential quarter" as opposed to "commercial and industrial district." As a noun from 1946, often meaning "more prosperous area of town."

中文词源

uptown：市郊

参照downtown词源。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：uptown 词源，uptown 含义。

uptown：市郊

参照 downtown 词源。