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

• 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。
• 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。
• The campus, usually bustling with life, will probably turn into a ghost town, with most restaurants, shops and student centers closing during the break.
  以往熙熙攘攘、人声鼎沸的校园到了春节可能就会变成一座空城，因为大部分餐馆、商店和学生中心都放假关门了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Let people use bridge skyshatter stone ghost town of watching over them, can absorb force they didn't be deceived.
  石破天让人用桥山镇鬼法吸收他们留意力，可他们没受骗。
• The park became a ghost town.
  科技园变成了一座废城。
• The place is starting to look like a ghost town.
  这里越来越变得跟幽灵镇一样可怕。
• 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。