ribbon development
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈribbon deˌvelopment noun [countable, uncountable] British EnglishDHTBB long lines of houses along the sides of a main road leading out of a town or city 〔城市沿着干道两侧向郊外开发的〕带状住宅区
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ribbon development• Two-thirds of the way down is Buchi Emecheta's house, built in the anonymous style of 1930s ribbon development.• These powers were permissive, and in most of Britain urban sprawl and ribbon development continued more or less unabated.• It can be the dreary horror of ribbon development.• Subsequent ribbon development has been so spectacular that they were booming even before the election announcement.ˈribbon deˌvelopment nounChineseSyllable
of long along sides of lines the Corpus houses
ribbon development
ˈribbon deˌvelopment
noun [uncountable and countable]
British English long lines of houses along the sides of a main road leading out of a town or city
ˈribbon deˌvelopment
noun [uncountable and countable]British English long lines of houses along the sides of a main road leading out of a town or city