towns是什么意思？

towns

• n. 镇( town的名词复数 )，（生活、工作或刚提到的）城镇，城镇居民，商业中心[闹市区]；

例句

• The growth of the two towns was almost parallel. 这两个城镇的发展几乎相同。
• The road links all the new towns. 这条路把所有的新市镇连接在一起。
• The economy of the inland towns and cities of our country also develops rapidly in recent years. 近几年, 我国内地城镇经济发展也很快。
• There is a gap of five miles between towns. 镇与镇之间相隔五英里。
• It is little known, unsung and one of the grandest little towns you could ever wish to see. 它虽然名不见经传，但却是不可错过的最具恢宏气象的小镇之一。
• Two towns shall he cover with funeral palls and to virgins he will present virgin gifts. 他会在两个城镇覆盖上,他会给予处女童贞般的礼物.
• Coastal towns were succumbing to the fat profits of the tourist trade. 沿海城镇都屈从于旅游业所带来的丰厚利润.
• New towns are springing up to house the increasing population. 新的城镇正迅速建起,以容纳不断增长的人口.
• English gardeners are banned from using hosepipes, while swimming pools remain empty in many Spanish towns. 英国的园丁被禁止使用橡胶软管浇水, 而在西班牙的许多城镇,游泳池都是干的.
• Ever higher dues ruined trade and depopulated towns. 越来越高的苛捐杂税使商业凋敝,城镇人口减少.

英语四级真题

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
Andrew's runs a food pantry(食品堂)that serves the city and several of the surrounding towns.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

Road and rail links for small towns
出自-2014年6月听力原文
Demographers (人口统计学者) reckon that three-quarters of humanity could be city-dwelling by 2050, with most of the increase coming in the fast-growing towns of Asia and Africa.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

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。