| 单词 | town |
| 释义 | town /taun; taun/ n 1 centre of population larger than a village, smaller than, or not created, a city (and often used in contrast to country) : U: 城镇;市银(大于村而尙未成为市,常用做 country 的相对字)： Would you rather live in a ~ or in the country? 你愿意住在城里还是乡下？(In GB the word ~ is used much more frequently than city, even when the place actually is a city, the word city being used chiefly in connection with local government affairs.) (在英国, town 远比 city 常用，即使该地实际上为城市，亦用 town 字，city 一字主要用于地方政府事务方面。) 0 city ⑴. be/go out on the ~ ，be/go out to enjoy the entertainment facilities of a ~. 去城里享乐。 paint tho ~ red, 0 red(1). 2 (attrib) (形容用法) ~ centre, area around which public buildings, eg the town hall, the public library, are grouped. 市镇中心(如市政鹿、图书馆等公共建筑集中地)。 ~ clerk, official who keeps ~ or city records. 镇执事; 镇书记(率管案卷)o — council, governing body of a ~ .镇(议) ~ councillor, member of a ~ council. 境论会议员; 钻会评议员。 '~-gas n manufactured gas for domestic and industrial use. 自来瓦斯(将煤加热而制成，供家庭及工业之用)。~ hall, building with offices of local government and usu a hall for public events (meetings, concerts, etc). 市政厅; 银公所; 市镇集会所。' ~ house, house in ~ ，belonging to sb who also has a house in the country. 市内宅邸(属于在乡间另有住宅者)。 ~planning, preparation of plans for the regulated growth and improvement of ~s. 都市计划。 3 (preceded by a prep, and without the def or indef art) the business, shopping, etc part of a ~ (contrasted with the suburbs, etc): (前加介词，不加冠词)市镇商业区; 闹市; 市中心区(与市郊等相对)： go to ~ to do some shopping. 到市区购物。 He's in ~ today. 他今天上街去了。 I'm going down ~ this afternoon. 我今天下午真到市区去。 downtown, go to ~ ，(sl) act, behave, without inhibitions, eg by spending lavishly, having a spree. (俚)放浪形骸; 举止无节制(如押霍无度，狂欢作乐等)。 4 (without the def or indef art) the chief city or ~ in the neighbourhood (esp, in England, London): (不加冠词)附近的主要城市(在英格兰，尤指伦敦)： He is spending the weekend in 他正在伦敦度周末。 He went up to ~ from Leeds. 他从里兹前往応敦。 Mr Green is not in ~ /is out of ~. 宿林先星不在城里。 man about ~ ，fashionable man who spends much time amusing himself. 把很多时间花在享乐上的时髦人士; 花花公子。 5 the ~ ，the people of a ~ ：市民; 全镇锁民： The whole ~ was talking about it. 全镇的人都在谈论此事。 the talk of the ~. talk (3). 6 the ~, ~s in general: 市镇通称： Farm workers are leaving the country in order to get better paid work in the ~. 农场工人离开乡间，为要在城市中获得待遇较好的工作。 7 '-s-folk n pl a (with def art) the people of the ~ referred to. (与定冠词连用)市民; 全体锁民。 b (without def art) people who live in ~s. (不加定冠词)住在城里的人们。 speople n pl = ~ sfolk. '~sman /-zman; -zman/ n (pl -men) a man who lives in a 住在城里的人。 b (often 常作 ,fellow-'smart) person who lives in one's own ~. 本城居民; 同城市民。 |
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