ghost town

英 [ˈɡəʊst taʊn]

美 [ˈɡoʊst taʊn]

n.  (曾一度繁华的)被废弃的城镇

牛津词典

noun

• （曾一度繁华的）被废弃的城镇
  a town that used to be busy and have a lot of people living in it, but is now empty

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鬼城；繁华不再的废城
  Aghost townis a town which used to be busy and wealthy but is now poor and deserted.
  1. Mogadishu is said to be a virtual ghost town, deserted by two-thirds of its residents.
     摩加迪沙2/3的居民已弃城而去，据说已成了一座名副其实的废都。

英英释义

noun

• a deserted settlement (especially in western United States)

双语例句

• The airport was like a ghost town, the terminal was empty and eerily silent.
  机场像座鬼城，候机大楼空空荡荡，寂静得可怕。
• By analyzing the three events happening in ghost Street Art Warehouse and college town, the paper reveals that the possibility, underlying public participation and self-metabolism are of the great importance to the city.
  摘要该文通过对鬼街、艺术仓库以及大学城三个事件的分析，揭示了可能性、隐性公共参与以及自我更新对城市的重要性。
• Mogadishu is said to be a virtual ghost town, deserted by two-thirds of its residents.
  摩加迪沙2/3的居民已弃城而去，据说已成了一座名副其实的废都。
• Whenever the early morning when the Golden Rooster Bell night wandering ghosts will go back to ghost town.
  每当清晨金鸡长鸣的时候，夜晚出去游荡的鬼魂必赶回鬼域。
• Sutters Mill up in the Sierras is now a ghost town.
  内华达山上的萨特的磨坊现在是个幽灵小镇。
• If your office is a ghost town by 3PM every Friday, it is a pretty good sign that procrastination is running rampant.
  如果你的办公室主每周五下午3点就变成了一个鬼城，这是说明拖延症正在猖獗进行的一个很明显的信号。
• Your boss's biggest concern will probably be that the office will be a ghost town on Fridays and Mondays, since many people may want a condensed work week and a long weekend.
  你老板最关心的事情大概就是，因为很多人都想每周的工作时间更短，周末的时间更长，这样的话星期一和星期五办公室变成了一座空屋。
• Bodi was built in1876, is a real American ghost town.
  伯帝建于1876年，是一座真实的美国鬼城。
• They stumble across a ghost town inhabited by a rascally gold prospector.
  他们偶然来到一个居住着一位狡诈的淘金者的废墟之城。
• As such, to cruise through minamisoma, as I did this past weekend with a colleague, Tokyo-based freelance reporter hideko Takayama, is to visit a nuclear ghost town.
  上周末，我跟我的同事、常驻东京的自由记者高山秀子乘车在南相马市四处转悠了一圈，拜访了这座核废城。