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tri-city

/trahy-sit-ee, -sit-ee/US // ˈtraɪˈsɪt i, -ˌsɪt i //

三城,三市,三城市,三大城市

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a metropolitan area consisting of three separate but interdependent cities: an instance of tri-city cooperation.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any one of three such cities.

Examples

  • Throughout the fifties, in city after city, fluoridation became the subject of fierce debate.

  • To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.

  • Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.

  • “I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.

  • Saved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.

  • This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.

  • When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.

  • You see, I am the city undertaker, and the people are dying here so fast, that I can hardly supply the demand for coffins.

  • Cheap as they are, they are a poorer speculation than even corner lots in a lithographic city of Nebraska or Oregon.

  • The streets here are rather wide for an Italian city but would be deemed intolerably narrow in America.