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townie

C2 noun

townie /ˈtaʊni/ nghĩa là dân địa phương sống gần trường đại học nhưng không thuộc trường

Các nghĩa

  1. dân địa phương sống gần trường đại học nhưng không thuộc trường

    A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.

    uk · us

    School is an ivory tower on the hill; it nestles in the gated groves of academe. It’s residents do not mix with “townies.”

    In Spike Lee's movie School Daze you play a townie who's very hostile to the college students from out of town.

  2. người từ thành phố chuyển về nông thôn, chưa quen lối sống nông thôn

    A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways.

    uk

    From being a born-and-bred townie from north London, to a 36-year-old part-time farmer and full-time businessman is no mean achievement.

  3. dân sành điệu, rành chốn thị thành

    A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.

    uk

  4. dân chav

    A chav.

    uk · derogatory

  5. dân lao động thành thị

    A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area.

    us

  6. dân thành thị

    A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.

    australia · new-zealand · uk · informal

    Here I parted with my fellow-townies, whose home shed at Millhouses covers fields where I played as a child.

    In that sense, the townies, not the farmers, were the inheritors of a pioneer capacity for hard work.

    Earlier, there would probably have been a grudge match between two townies, or locals.

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  1. dân Stornoway

    A person from Stornoway.

    australia · lewis · new-zealand · uk · informal

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