不在鎮中心的
兩個意思共用同一個畫面，差別只在離中心多遠：一個是「別的鎮」，一個是「同一個鎮的外圍」。判斷靠後面接什麼名詞：接人、接會議、接比賽多半是前者；接購物中心、超市、大賣場多半是後者。
adjective · B1
Coming from another town, going to another town, or happening in another town — not in the town where you are.
外地來的；到外地的
核心畫面
You can think of a town as a circle drawn on a map, with the shops and the station in the middle. 'Out-of-town' points at anything sitting outside that middle. Sometimes the thing is completely outside the circle — a visitor who lives in a different town, a meeting two hours away. Sometimes it is just out at the rim, where the land is cheap and the car parks are big. The are what let the whole little phrase stand in front of a noun and describe it.
可以把一個鎮想成地圖上的一個圓圈，商店和車站都在正中間。out-of-town 指的就是「不在那個中間」的東西。有時…更多收起
可以把一個鎮想成地圖上的一個圓圈，商店和車站都在正中間。out-of-town 指的就是「不在那個中間」的東西。有時候那個東西完全在圓圈外面：住在別的鎮的訪客、開兩小時車才到的會議。有時候它只是落在圓圈的邊緣：那裡地便宜、停車場大。兩個連字號的作用，是把這三個小字綁成一塊，好放到名詞前面去修飾它。One branch