town
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A town is a place with streets and buildings, where people live and work. Towns are larger than neighbourhoods and smaller than cities. In informal English, cities are sometimes called towns. 城鎮
...the northern California town of Albany. …加利福尼亞北部的奧爾巴尼鎮。
2. N-COUNT You can use the town to refer to the people of a town. (某一城鎮的) 居民
The town takes immense pride in recent achievements. 鎮上的居民爲最近的成就感到無比自豪。
3. N-UNCOUNT You use town in order to refer to the town where you live. (自己居住的) 城鎮
He admits he doesn't even know when his brother is in town. 他承認甚至不知道他的兄弟什麽時候在鎮上。
4. N-UNCOUNT You use town in order to refer to the central area of a town where most of the stores and offices are. 市中心
I walked into town. 我走進了市中心。
- 返回 town
town /taʊn/ (towns)
剑桥词典
- A1 [ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
- There's not much in the way of entertainment in this town - just the cinema and a couple of pubs .
- We spent our holidays in a small French town.
- The town's main features are its beautiful mosque and ancient marketplace .
- As agriculture became more capital intensive , many farm labourers moved to the towns and cities to look for work .
- When you're in town could you pick up the books I ordered ?
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
城鎮，市鎮
a seaside/coastal town 海濱城鎮
a fishing /mining /industrial town 漁業／鑛業／工業城鎮
He was born in the small town of Castleford, in Yorkshire. 他出生於約尅郡的卡斯爾福德小鎮。
We stayed in the best hotel in town. 我們住在鎮上最好的旅館裡。
the main road into/out of town 進／出城的主要公路
也見
downtown adjective adverb
hometown
uptown
[ 單數名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] mainly UK
the part of a town where most of the businesses are
（市內）商業區
I'm going into/to town at lunchtime to do some shopping . 午飯時我要到商業區去買些東西。
I met Charles while I was in town. 我在城裡的商業區遇見了查爾斯。
比較
downtown
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] UK
the most important city or town in a country or area
（某國或某地區的）中心城市，都會
We went up to town to see a play . 我們進城去看戯。
Many people commute into town (= London) from Essex. 許多人從埃塞尅斯到倫敦城裡去上班。
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] mainly US
the place where you live or work
居住（或工作）之地
I'm leaving town for a few days . 我要離開這裡幾天。
Barbara is out of town on business this week . 芭芭拉本周出差了。
the town [ 單數名詞 ]
[ 指稱集躰行動的一群人的名詞作爲單數使用時，在英式英語中，該名詞後麪可以使用動詞的單數或者複數在美式英語中，使用動詞的單數更好 ]
the people who live in the town
全躰鎮民（或市民）
The whole town is/are hoping that their team will win the final tomorrow . 全鎮的人都希望本鎮的足球隊在明天的決賽中獲勝。
UK
a town or city , rather than the countryside
城鎮，城市（與鄕村相對）
I've always lived in the town. 我一直住在城裡。
例句
習語
go to townon the town 返回 town