town
n. 城镇, 市, 镇 [法] 城镇, 城市, 闹市
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教材释义与例句
城镇，市镇；市内商业区
a large area with houses, shops, offices etc where people live and work, that is smaller than a city and larger than a village
an industrial town in the Midlands
英格兰中部的一座工业城镇
I walked to the nearest town.
我走到最近的镇上。
释义与例句
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A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
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可数 不可数This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.
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Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
可数 不可数I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight.
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A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
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The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
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Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
非正式 可数 不可数Call me when you get to town.
They put up "lost dog" posters all over town.
My apartment is five minutes from the center of town.
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A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
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A townhouse.
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A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
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An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the domain.
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A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
苏格兰 英国 可数 方言 废旧 不可数
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From Middle English toun, from Old English tūn (“enclosure, garden”), from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fence, enclosure”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tuun (“garden”), West Frisian tún (“enclosure, garden”), Dutch tuin (“garden”), German Low German Tuun (“fence”), German Zaun (“fence”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tun (“yard”); also archaic Welsh din (“hill”), Irish dún (“fortress”). Doublet of dun. See also -ton and tine (“to enclose”).
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