town是什么意思？

town

英[taʊn] 美[taʊn]

• n. 城镇，市镇，小村庄，城镇居民，商业中心；

复数：towns;

例句

• The village is connected by a bus service with the nearest town. 公共汽车把该村与最近的市镇联系起来。
• In recent years, the small town has enjoyed a bigger boom than ever. 近年来这个小城镇比以往任何时候都更加繁荣。
• The old couple will attempt to leave the town as soon as possible. 这对老夫妇想尽快离开这个小城。
• She farmed out the baby with her grandmother and went to work in town. 她把婴孩给祖母抚养, 自己到城里去工作了。
• No one in the town had heard of him. 城里没有人知道他。
• The history of the town dates back to the Middle Ages. 这个城镇的历史可回溯到中世纪。
• I knocked into my old teacher in the town this morning. 我今天上午在镇上碰到了过去教过我的老师。
• Brushing the enemy aside, we swept into the next town. 我们击溃了敌人, 长驱直入下一个城池。
• He left all his money to the town with the stipulation that it should be used to build a new football stadium. 他把所有的钱都留给了该镇，条件是必须用这些钱来建一个新足球场。
• The cold-blooded murder shocked the town. 残忍的谋杀案使全城的人震惊。

同义词

• n.
  town的同义词之：镇;城市;都市
  city, municipality, metropolis,
• town的同义词之：其他释义
  municipality, village, metropolis, community, city,

反义词

• n.
  town的反义词之：城市;市区
  country,
• town的反义词之：其他释义
  country,

同义词解析

• 以下这两个名词均包含 "城市" 的意思
  city：一般指大城市或重要城市。
  town：一般指规模小的城镇，也指城市中的市区，有时也泛指城市。

词组

• go to town
  (informal)do something thoroughly, enthusiastically, or extravagantly (非正式)彻底地（或热忱地，铺张地）做某事
• on the town
  (informal)enjoying the entertainments, especially the nightlife, of a city or town (非正式)作乐（尤指享受城镇的夜生活）
• on the town【非正式用语】
  In spirited pursuit of the entertainment offered by a town or city. 积极地寻求镇或城市的娱乐活动

英语四级真题

Last September the couple moved into a 1,500-square-foot home in Premier Gardens, a subdivision of 95 "zero-energy homes"(ZEH) just outside town.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
I need some information about some of the towns near here.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
They are really pretty little towns with lots of old housesand beautiful tree-lined streets
出自-2013年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  镇;市镇；城镇
  A town is a place with many streets and buildings, where people live and work. Towns are larger than villages and smaller than cities. Many places that are called towns in Britain would be called cities in the United States.
  例句
  ...Saturday night in the small town of Braintree, Essex... 埃塞克斯郡布伦特里小镇的周六之夜 Parking can be tricky in the town centre. 在市镇中心停车可能会挺费事。
• N-UNCOUNT
  自己居住的城镇
  You use town in order to refer to the town where you live.
  例句
  He admits he doesn't even know when his brother is in town... 他承认自己甚至不知道弟弟什么时候来了本市。 She left town. 她离开了自己生活的城镇。
• N-UNCOUNT
  市中心;(城镇的)商业中心；闹市区
  You use town in order to refer to the central area of a town where most of the shops and offices are.
  例句
  I walked around town... 我在市中心逛了逛。 I caught a bus into town. 我赶上辆公交车去了市中心。
• N-SING
  (与农村相对的)城市，都会
  If you refer to the town, you are referring to town and city areas in general, as opposed to country areas.
  例句
  More people are going to want to escape from the town into the country… 更多的人将会想要逃离城市到乡村去。 It had the advantages of town and country combined. 它兼具都市与乡村的优势。
• PHRASE
  满腔热情地干;拼命地干
  If you say that someone goes to town on something, you mean that they deal with it with a lot of enthusiasm or intensity.
  例句
  We really went to town on it, turning it into a full, three-day show... 我们下了真功夫，把它办成了一场内容丰富、为时三天的展览。 The papers got hold of it and went to town on it… 报纸抓住这件事大做文章。
• PHRASE
  社交忙人;花花公子/时髦女郎
  If you describe someone as a man about town or a woman about town, you mean that they are sophisticated, like to go out and spend money, and have a busy social life.
  例句
  He was known as a tall, handsome man about town… 他以高大英俊的花花公子形象为人所知。 He is an old flame of Sarah's, from her days as a single girl about town. 他是萨拉的旧情人，是她作为单身时髦女郎时的旧爱。
• PHRASE
  (夜晚)在闹市区玩乐
  If you go out on the town or go for a night on the town, you enjoy yourself by going to a town centre in the evening and spending a long time there visiting several places of entertainment.
  例句
  My idea of luxury used to be going out on the town and coming back in the early hours of the morning... 我过去对奢侈的概念是夜晚在闹市通宵玩乐到清晨才回来。 Last Saturday, I was out on the town with my mate… 上个星期六我和老友晚上去闹市玩乐了。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  镇, 市镇，集镇
  The town is a residential suburb. 这个小镇是市郊住宅区。
  城镇居民，市民
  The whole town is[are] furious about the council's education policy. 全镇居民对市政会的教育政策都感到极其愤怒。
  商业中心[闹市区]
  He is going into town this morning. 他上午打算到商业区去。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city;
  "they drive through town on their way to work"
  2. an administrative division of a county;
  "the town is responsible for snow removal"
  3. the people living in a municipality smaller than a city;
  "the whole town cheered the team"

行业词典

• 地理学： 镇；
  法律： 城镇；集镇；乡镇；