n.[C]

1. （城市周圍的）近郊住宅區（或村，鎮）
   New suburbs burgeoned all around the city.

   城市周圍新住宅區如雨後春筍般興起。

2. 郊區[the P]
   His family moved to the suburbs.

   他的一家搬到郊區去了。

3. 邊緣，外圍[the P]
   The kingdom was in the suburbs of destruction.

   那個王國瀕臨毀滅。

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