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单词 market town
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market town
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɑː.kɪt ˌtaʊn/us
/ˈmɑːr.kɪt ˌtaʊn/
asmalltownin thecountryside,especiallyinEurope, that has aregularmarketandactsas abusinesscentreforsurroundingfarmsandvillages:
集镇（定期举行集市贸易的小镇，为周围农场及村庄的贸易中心）
aquietmarkettownin Northumberland诺森伯兰的一个静宁的集镇
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(Definition ofmarket townfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmarket town

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Numerous farms and entire villages were deserted in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and not one singlemarkettownwas founded between 1350 and 1400.
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The development of the urban system was thus largely dependent on the territorial and mercantile rights embedded in themarkettowncharters.
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She lived alone in a comfortable bungalow on the outskirts of a thrivingmarkettown.
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The definition of amarkettownis not straightforward.
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Permission to circumvent the closestmarkettownwhen importing and exporting certain goods was given in particular to inhabitants of larger islands without market towns.
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However, they made practically no difference to the preference for rural versusmarkettownversus urban destination.
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It will provide an opportunity for an after-school club in nearly every village andmarkettown.
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In addition, the two general practices in the nearbymarkettownare full.
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It is an attractive oldmarkettown, although more could be done to make it more attractive still.
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Therefore, amarkettownis not separated from its suburbs and the area it serves.
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If one wishes to go into amarkettown, often one can go only by car because there is no possible alternative.
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The old-age pensioners who live there and who have no motor cars cannot travel to themarkettown.
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Everymarkettownpossessed its local brewery, where the local farmers could sell their barley to the brewers.
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This particular farm is about four miles from a railway station, and over 20 miles from the nearestmarkettown.
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I had gone to a horsecoper in our neighbouringmarkettownto buy a spare hunter.
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