英和和英

発音

• 韻: -ʊəɹəl

形容詞

semirural (not comparable)

1. Moderately rural; transcending both urbanity and province; developing
   • 2009, January 2, “Keith Mulvihill”, in Blue Skies, a Small Town and a Big Lake:

     In Elephant Butte, the couple's main criteria --temperate climate, a semirural location and affordability -- were met.

   • 2012, Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2012, Sketches of Pleasanton trash-can victim released, link

     The body was found May 24 on the 11000 block of Dublin Canyon Road, a semirural area on the outskirts of the city.

別の表記

• semi-rural

参考

• exurban

形容詞

semi-rural (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of semirural
   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 80:

     The station at Putney Bridge opened in time for the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race in March 1880. Fulham was semi-rural at this point.