ADV [ADVERB after verb]往(或在)城外;往(或在)城镇的非商业区 If you go uptown, or go to a place uptown, you go away from the centre of a town or city towards the edge. Uptown sometimes refers to a part of the city other than the main business district. 往(或在)城外;往(或在)城镇的非商业区 [mainly US]
He rode uptown and made his way to Bob's apartment.