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dorp noun[ C ] South African Englishuk /dɔːp/ us /dɔːrp/ a small town or village小镇;小村庄 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general) aerotropolis anti-city anti-urban backwater boom town burgher Cantabrigian central city civic conurbation garden city multi-city municipal native place non-municipal open city retirement community small-town smoke urbanite
When I had done this I gave notice to the inhabitants of Bethlehem, that as the dorp would be defended, I must insist on the women and children leaving it at once. When the garrison left the dorp the burghers returned.
Examples of dorp dorp The spirit of speculation and improvement had seized even upon that once quiet and unambitious little dorp. From Project Gutenberg He was shaking his fist towards the prim little dorp that we had left behind over the ridges. From Project Gutenberg In particular, she could not learn to make cheese, and spoilt enough milk to feed a dorp on. From Project Gutenberg He went straight to his little house, that overlooks a crowded garden and a pool of the dorp spruit, entered, and was seen no more alive. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |