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IELTS BNC: 433 COCA: 488
town
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Word forms: plural towns
1 N-COUNT ;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. ;市镇;城镇
  • ...Saturday night in the small town of Braintree, Essex. [+ of]

    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。

You can use the town to refer to the people of a town.全体镇民;全体市民
  • The town takes immense pride in recent achievements.

    全镇人对近来取得的成就都感到非常自豪。

2 N-UNCOUNT 自己居住的城镇 You use town in order to refer to the town where you live. 自己居住的城镇
  • 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。

  • …attractive and fun loving Americans, new to town.

    刚来镇上的富有魅力、寻求乐趣的美国人

3 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. 市中心;(城镇的)商业中心;闹市区
  • 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。

4 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. (与农村相对的)城市,都会 [mainly British]
  • 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。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 the city
5 See also: ghost town  hometown  new town 
6 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. 满腔热情地干;拼命地干
  • We really went to town on it, turning it into a full, three-day show. [+ on]

    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。

  • With £800 spending money for each couple, you can really go to town!

    每对人有 800 英镑的零花钱,你们真正可以大把花钱了!

7 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. 社交忙人;花花公子/时髦女郎
  • 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。

8 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. (夜晚)在闹市区玩乐
  • 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。

  • Tim was just arriving home from a long night on the town.

    蒂姆在外面玩了一宿,刚刚到家。

Quotations
God made the country, and man made the town William Cowper The Task
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IELTS BNC: 433 COCA: 488
town

noun¹

1place with many streets and buildings城鎮ADJECTIVE | VERB + TOWN | TOWN + VERB | TOWN + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEbig, large, major大城鎮little, small, tiny (especially NAmE) 小城鎮nearby, neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding附近的城鎮ancient, historic, medieval, old古鎮;中世紀的城鎮;古老的城鎮new新城鎮It was built as a new town in the 1960s. (BrE) 這是在 20 世紀 60 年代建立的新城鎮。company, factory, farm, industrial, mill, mining公司/工廠/農場/工業/採礦小鎮a 19th-century mill town that used to produce cotton19 世紀生產棉製品的工業小鎮busy繁忙的城鎮a busy market town繁忙的集鎮boom, thriving繁榮的城鎮Rio was a boom town and trade was thriving.里約熱內盧是一個繁榮的城市,貿易蓬勃發展。a thriving mining town繁榮的採礦小鎮dusty, sleepy塵土飛揚的/死氣沉沉的小鎮the dusty border town of Eagle Pass, Texas伊格爾帕斯,得克薩斯州一個塵土飛揚的邊境小鎮a sleepy provincial town in southern France法國南部一個冷清的小鎮remote偏僻的小鎮country, provincial, rural鄉間小鎮;首都以外的城鎮county (BrE) 郡首府Exeter, the county town of Devon埃克賽特,德文郡首府home, native家鄉小鎮She has gone back to live in her home town.她已經回到她的故鄉去生活了。border, frontier邊境城鎮mountain, prairie (especially NAmE) 山區/草原小鎮beach, coastal, seaside (especially BrE) 海灘/沿海/海濱城鎮the sun-drenched beach towns of Southern California沐浴着陽光的南加州海灘小鎮holiday, resort度假城;度假勝地cathedral, college, market, university (especially BrE) 教區總教堂所在地;學院城;貿易集鎮;大學城dormitory, satellite郊外住宅區;衞星城fortified設防的城鎮Kitzbühel is an ancient fortified town.基茨比厄爾是一個築有要塞的古鎮。shanty貧民窟ghost鬼城;被廢棄的城鎮It's been a ghost town since the gold rush ended.淘金熱結束後,這個城市就被廢棄了。twin (BrE) 姊妹城Darlington's twin town of Amiens達靈頓的姊妹城,亞眠城VERB + TOWNbuild, found建立城鎮live in生活在城鎮How many people live in the town?有多少人生活在城裏?get out of, leave, move out of, skip (informal, especially NAmE) 離開城鎮;搬離城鎮He left town yesterday for a conference in Cape Town.他昨天離城去開普敦出席一個會議。They wanted to move out of town and start a new life in the country.他們想搬離城市去鄉村開始新的生活。surround環繞鎮子the rolling hills that surround the town環繞着鎮子的連綿起伏的丘陵TOWN + VERBflourish, grow城鎮繁榮/發展TOWN + NOUNcentre (BrE) 城市中心hall, square, walls市政廳;市政廣場;城牆council(尤指英國的)鎮委員會meeting市民大會life城鎮生活planning城鎮規劃PREPOSITIONin town在城裏They'll be back in town tomorrow.他們將於明天返城。out of town不在城裏I was out of town last week.上星期我去外地了。an out-of-town superstore市區外的大型商場outside (the) town在城外a lake just outside the town城外的湖PHRASESthe centre/center of (the) town, the middle of (the) town市鎮中心the edge of (the) town, the outskirts of (the) town市鎮邊緣/郊區from town to town從一個城鎮到另一個城鎮I spent years moving from town to town.多年來,我從一個鎮子搬到另一個鎮子。
town

noun²

2main part of a town, with the shops/stores, etc.商铺林立的主城區VERB + TOWN | PREPOSITION VERB + TOWNgo into, hit (informal) 到市中心去I'm going into town-can I get you anything?我要到市中心去 - 你要帶點兒什麼嗎?Millie hit the town, looking for excitement.米莉來到鎮上尋求刺激。PREPOSITIONin town在市中心Dad's in town shopping.爸爸在市中心購物。
IELTS BNC: 433 COCA: 488
town noun
city
IELTS BNC: 433 COCA: 488

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