| 释义 |
town/taʊn/n. 1a an urban area with a name, defined boundaries, and local government, being larger than a village and usu. not created a city 镇，城镇，市镇(有自己名称、明确界线和本地政府的城区，通常比村庄大但又称不上是城市) b any densely populated area, esp. as opposed to the country or suburbs (尤指与农村或郊区相对而言的)城区，城市 c the people of a town 全体镇民，全体市民 the whole town knows of it 全城的人都知道此事 2a Brit. London or the chief city or town in one's neighbourhood [英]伦敦市；(某人居住地邻近的)主要城市或城镇 went up to town 到城里去 b the central business or shopping area in a neighbourhood 市中心区，市内商业区 just going into town 到市中心区去 3 the permanent residents of a university town as distinct from the members of the university (cf. 参见 GOWN 4) (住在大学城里但又不是大学师生的)大学城居民 4 N. Amer. [北美] = TOWNSHIP 2 □ go to town colloq. act or work with energy or enthusiasm [口]精力充沛地干；有热情地工作 □ on the town colloq. enjoying the entertainments, esp. the nightlife, of a town; celebrating [口]在城里作乐(尤指在城里过夜生活) □ townish adj.□ townless adj.□ townlet n.□ townward adj. & adv.□ townwards adv.[Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, from Germanic] |