town的中文翻译是什么意思

town

US/taʊn/
UK/taʊn/

n. 城镇,市镇; 小村庄; 城镇居民; 商业中心

town柯林斯释义

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.

  • ...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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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。

town英文释义

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

town同义词辨析

city, town

这两个名词均含"城市"之意。

  • 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。

town短语

  1. go to town

    (非正式)彻底地(或热忱地,铺张地)做某事

  2. on the town

    (非正式)作乐(尤指享受城镇的夜生活)

  3. on the town【非正式用语】

    积极地寻求镇或城市的娱乐活动

town场景例句

I will run you in if the bus isn't going into the town because of the snow today.

如果今天公共汽车因为下雪不送你进城的话,我会开车送你去的.

The street runs through the town.

街道横穿这个镇.

A tornado whirled into the town last week.

龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市.

The little town mushroomed into a city.

那座小镇迅速发展成一座城市.

The whole town turned out to see the circus.

倾城而出看马戏表演.

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town词性变形

towns

town近义词

n. 镇;城市;都市

citymunicipalitymetropolis

其他释义

municipalityvillagemetropoliscommunitycity

town反义词

n. 城市;市区

country

其他释义

country