town
柯林斯詞典
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(zhèn)
...the northern California town of Albany. …加利福尼亞北部的奧爾巴尼鎮(zhèn)。
2. N-COUNT You can use the town to refer to the people of a town. (某一城鎮(zhèn)的) 居民
The town takes immense pride in recent achievements. 鎮(zhèn)上的居民爲(wèi)最近的成就感到無(wú)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(zhèn)
He admits he doesn't even know when his brother is in town. 他承認(rèn)甚至不知道他的兄弟什麼時(shí)候在鎮(zhèn)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(jìn)了市中心。
- 返回 town
town /ta?n/ (towns)
劍橋詞典
- A1 [ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有複數(shù)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(zhèn)，市鎮(zhèn)
a seaside/coastal town 海濱城鎮(zhèn)
a fishing /mining /industrial town 漁業(yè)／鑛業(yè)／工業(yè)城鎮(zhèn)
He was born in the small town of Castleford, in Yorkshire. 他出生於約尅郡的卡斯?fàn)柛５滦℃?zhèn)。
We stayed in the best hotel in town. 我們住在鎮(zhèn)上最好的旅館裡。
the main road into/out of town 進(jìn)／出城的主要公路
也見(jiàn)
downtown adjective adverb
hometown
uptown
[ 單數(shù)名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] mainly UK
the part of a town where most of the businesses are
（市內(nèi)）商業(yè)區(qū)
I'm going into/to town at lunchtime to do some shopping . 午飯時(shí)我要到商業(yè)區(qū)去買(mǎi)些東西。
I met Charles while I was in town. 我在城裡的商業(yè)區(qū)遇見(jiàn)了查爾斯。
比較
downtown
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] UK
the most important city or town in a country or area
（某國(guó)或某地區(qū)的）中心城市，都會(huì)
We went up to town to see a play . 我們進(jìn)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(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有複數(shù)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(kāi)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(shù)名詞 ]
[ 指稱集躰行動(dòng)的一群人的名詞作爲(wèi)單數(shù)使用時(shí)，在英式英語(yǔ)中，該名詞後麪可以使用動(dòng)詞的單數(shù)或者複數(shù)在美式英語(yǔ)中，使用動(dòng)詞的單數(shù)更好 ]
the people who live in the town
全躰鎮(zhèn)民（或市民）
The whole town is/are hoping that their team will win the final tomorrow . 全鎮(zhèn)的人都希望本鎮(zhèn)的足球隊(duì)在明天的決賽中獲勝。
UK
a town or city , rather than the countryside
城鎮(zhèn)，城市（與鄕村相對(duì)）
I've always lived in the town. 我一直住在城裡。
例句
習(xí)語(yǔ)
go to townon the town 返回 town