English Dictionary

ghost town

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡəʊst taʊn/

名詞

比喩的用法

A town which has become deserted, usually due to failing economic activity, especially one that still has substantial visible remains.

日本語の意味

経済活動の衰退などにより住民が去り、現在は廃墟状態にある町。 / かつては栄えていたが、経済の不振により人が立ち去り、今も多くの建造物や遺構が残る町。

The photographer spent a week capturing the haunting beauty of the ghost town for a new exhibition.

その写真家は、新しい展示会のために、人が住まなくなり建物が多く残るその町の不気味な美しさを一週間かけて撮影した。

意味（1）

A town which has become deserted, usually due to failing economic activity, especially one that still has substantial visible remains.

Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jueger, pioneers of Grays Harbor City, and sole inhabitants of the ghost town.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Anything that has been deserted or abandoned, or has been empty all along.

It was the Friday evening before Christmas and ASU was a ghost town. Most everyone had left for the holiday several days earlier, including all of Professor Brinkerman's students.

ghost towns （ plural ）