| 词汇 | town |
| 释义 | town noun uk /taʊn/ us /taʊn/ A1[ C or U ] a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than a city: 城镇，市镇 a seaside/coastal town海滨城镇 a fishing/mining/industrial town渔业／矿业／工业城镇 He was born in the small town of Castleford, in Yorkshire.他出生于约克郡的卡斯尔福德小镇。 We stayed in the best hotel in town.我们住在镇上最好的旅馆里。 the main road into/out of town进／出城的主要公路 See also downtownadjectiveadverbUS hometown uptownUS A2[ S or U ]mainly UK the part of a town where most of the businesses are: （市内）商业区 I'm going into/to town at lunchtime to do some shopping.午饭时我要到商业区去买些东西。 I met Charles while I was in town.我在城里的商业区遇见了查尔斯。 Compare downtown [ U ]UK the most important city or town in a country or area: （某国或某地区的）中心城市，都会 We went up to town to see a play.我们进城去看戏。 Many people commute into town (= London) from Essex.许多人从埃塞克斯到伦敦城里去上班。 B1[ U ]mainly US the place where you live or work: 居住（或工作）之地 I'm leaving town for a few days.我要离开这里几天。 Barbara is out of town on business this week.芭芭拉本周出差了。 the town[ S ] [ + sing/pl verb ] the people who live in the town: 全体镇民（或市民） The whole town is/are hoping that their team will win the final tomorrow.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 or city, rather than the countryside: 城镇，城市（与乡村相对） I've always lived in the town.我一直住在城里。 There's not much in the way of entertainment in this town - just the cinema and a couple of pubs.这个城镇没多少娱乐活动——也就是这家影院和几家酒馆。 We spent our holidays in a small French town. The town's main features are its beautiful mosque and ancient marketplace.漂亮的清真寺和古老的集市是该镇的主要特色。 As agriculture became more capital intensive, many farm labourers moved to the towns and cities to look for work.由于农业资本密集程度提高，许多农场工人转向城镇寻找工作。 When you're in town could you pick up the books I ordered?你进城时能帮我取一下我订购的书吗？ Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general) aerotropolis anti-city anti-urban boom town Brummie burgher Cantabrigian central city civic conurbation metropolitan metropolitan elite multi-city municipal native place non-municipal open city small-town smoke urbanite You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities People who live or settle somewhere Idiomsgo to town on the town town | American Dictionarytown noun[ C/U ] us/tɑʊn/ a place where there are a lot of houses, stores, and other buildings which is smaller than a city: [ C ]He was born in the small town of Elnora, Indiana. [ U ]We stayed at the best hotel in town. Town can also mean the place where you live or work: [ U ]Barbara is out of town this week. Town is also the part of a town where the main stores are: [ U ]I’m going into/to town to do some shopping. Town can also refer to the people who live in the town: [ C ]The whole town is hoping our team will win. Idiomon the town Examples of towntown We do need a term for this category of towns in this long period. The results of such progressive diversification can be seen even in smaller towns. The most recent census reports should enable us to establish the differential migration rates to towns and cities. In this zone, craft production occurred in both cities / towns and rural communities. Finally, parents often continued to send their children to schools and colleges in nearby towns even though these were now just across the border. As the individual towns, their tribute requirements, or the imperial status of the provinces changed over time, the document could be modified accordingly. The geographical isolation limits educational opportunities, knowledge of opportunities elsewhere, and kinship ties in cities and towns which would help emigration. In the wake of this, the farm lands and the towns were reclaimed by the encroaching forest. Accepting the town's claim to dominion helped communities safeguard their lands and a degree of autonomy. Competition is strong among seed companies, which in turn assures a reasonable cost of seed and a ready seed supply in all market towns. At the other end of the scale, however, the league of towns might perhaps be considered as a particular form of grand fraternity. Industry now dictated the form of the most widely circulated representations of provincial manufacturing towns. A claim of dominion was used, in turn, to legitimise the town's right to call on the indigenous population for labour service. 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. 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. See all examples of town These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withtowntownThese are words often used in combination with town. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. coal town One is a steel town, another a coaltown, 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 coastal town By the fourth decade of the 19th century, it was once again an insignificant coastaltown. colonial town Yet the city that witnessed independence still retained many of the features that had shaped the character of the colonialtown. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with town |
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