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

• In30 minutes, this is a ghost town.
  30分钟后，这里将是一片废墟。
• 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。
• Lassoo's a ghost town.
  拉苏现在是个鬼城了。
• 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。
• 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。
• After the romance of the Ming and Qing novel, the ghost town appears more mystery to people.
  经明清小说的渲染，丰都鬼城更加神秘怪诞。
• Kenya's second-largest city, however, is hardly a ghost town.
  肯尼亚第二大城市几几乎成为了幽灵之城。
• 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。
• The part I selected the town of Redding, Connecticut, through the governance and development of brown land so that the great rejuvenation of the ghost town suffering from pollution case.
  本部分笔者选取了康涅狄格州雷丁镇通过对褐色土地的治理开发从而使饱受污染的幽灵小镇走向伟大复兴的案例。
• When will Azeroth being getting a significant revamp, it is practically a ghost town with the exception of low level guildies?
  艾则拉斯什么时候能有一次大的修补？那地方除了那些低级别的人物以外跟鬼城一样。