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单词 town
释义
town
noun
uk
/taʊn/us
/taʊn/
A1[CorU]
aplacewherepeopleliveandwork,containingmanyhouses,shops,placesofwork,placesofentertainment, etc., and usuallylargerthan avillagebutsmallerthan acity:
城镇，市镇
aseaside/coastaltown海滨城镇
afishing/mining/industrialtown渔业／矿业／工业城镇
He wasbornin thesmalltownofCastleford, inYorkshire.他出生于约克郡的卡斯尔福德小镇。
Westayedin thebesthotelintown.我们住在镇上最好的旅馆里。
themainroadinto/out oftown进／出城的主要公路
See also
downtownadjectiveadverbUS
hometown
uptownUS
A2[SorU]mainlyUK
thepartof a town where most of thebusinessesare:
（市内）商业区
I'm goinginto/totown atlunchtimeto do someshopping.午饭时我要到商业区去买些东西。
ImetCharles while I wasintown.我在城里的商业区遇见了查尔斯。
Compare
downtown
[U]UK
the mostimportantcityor town in acountryorarea:
（某国或某地区的）中心城市，都会
We wentup totown toseeaplay.我们进城去看戏。
Manypeoplecommuteintotown(= London)from Essex.许多人从埃塞克斯到伦敦城里去上班。
B1[U]mainlyUS
theplacewhere youliveorwork:
居住（或工作）之地
I'mleavingtown for a fewdays.我要离开这里几天。
Barbara isout oftown onbusinessthisweek.芭芭拉本周出差了。
the town[S]
[+ sing/pl verb]
thepeoplewholivein the town:
全体镇民（或市民）
Thewholetown is/arehopingthattheirteamwillwinthefinaltomorrow.全镇的人都希望本镇的足球队在明天的决赛中获胜。
UK
a town orcity,ratherthan thecountryside:
城镇，城市（与乡村相对）
I've alwayslivedin the town.我一直住在城里。
More examples
  • There's not much in the way ofentertainmentin this town - just thecinemaand acoupleofpubs.
  • Wespentourholidaysin asmallFrenchtown.
  • The town'smainfeaturesareitsbeautifulmosqueandancientmarketplace.
  • Asagriculturebecamemorecapitalintensive, manyfarmlabourersmovedto the towns andcitiestolookforwork.
  • When you're in town could youpickup thebooksIordered?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general)
  • aerotropolis
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  • anti-urban
  • Cantabrigian
  • citywide
  • county borough
  • dormitory town
  • garden city
  • Londoner
  • metro
  • municipal
  • retirement community
  • retirement village
  • sanctuary city
  • sister city
  • smoke
  • twin
  • urban
  • urbanization
  • Woop Woop
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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
People who live or settle somewhere

Idioms

go to town
on the town
(Definition oftownfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

town| American Dictionary

town
noun[C/U]
us
/tɑʊn/
aplacewhere there are a lot ofhouses,stores, and otherbuildingswhich issmallerthan acity:
[C]He wasbornin thesmalltown of Elnora, Indiana.
[U]Westayedat thebesthotelin town.
Town can alsomeantheplacewhere youliveorwork:
[U]Barbara is out of town thisweek.
Town is also thepartof a town where themainstoresare:
[U]I’m going into/to town to do someshopping.
Town can also refer to thepeoplewholivein the town:
[C]Thewholetown ishopingourteamwillwin.

Idiom

on the town
(Definition oftownfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftown

town
We do need a term for this category of towns in this long period.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The results of such progressive diversification can be seen even in smaller towns.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The most recent census reports should enable us to establish the differential migration rates to towns and cities.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In this zone, craft production occurred in both cities / towns and rural communities.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Finally, parents often continued to send their children to schools and colleges in nearby towns even though these were now just across the border.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As the individual towns, their tribute requirements, or the imperial status of the provinces changed over time, the document could be modified accordingly.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The geographical isolation limits educational opportunities, knowledge of opportunities elsewhere, and kinship ties in cities and towns which would help emigration.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the wake of this, the farm lands and the towns were reclaimed by the encroaching forest.
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Accepting the town's claim to dominion helped communities safeguard their lands and a degree of autonomy.
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Competition is strong among seed companies, which in turn assures a reasonable cost of seed and a ready seed supply in all market towns.
From theCambridge English Corpus
At the other end of the scale, however, the league of towns might perhaps be considered as a particular form of grand fraternity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Industry now dictated the form of the most widely circulated representations of provincial manufacturing towns.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A claim of dominion was used, in turn, to legitimise the town's right to call on the indigenous population for labour service.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Prior to the study, the team responsible for sample collection in the 25 towns in the region received instruction regarding the characteristics of the investigation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The annual death toll went in both towns from less than 5,000 burials per annum around 1600 to around 20,000 in the 1670s.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithtown

town

These are words often used in combination withtown.

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coal town
One is a steel town, another acoaltown, and one is a town made up of a number of very small industries.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
coastal town
By the fourth decade of the 19th century, it was once again an insignificantcoastaltown.
From theCambridge English Corpus
colonial town
Yet the city that witnessed independence still retained many of the features that had shaped the character of thecolonialtown.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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