town
/taʊn/noun
1- an urban area with a name, defined boundaries, and local government, that is larger than a village and generally smaller than a city镇, 市镇, 城镇。
1.1
- the particular town under consideration, especially one's own town（尤指某人所在的）城镇：
Churchill was in town.
丘吉尔在本埠。
1.2
- the central part of a neighbourhood, with its business or shopping area市区; 市内商业中心：
Rachel left to drive back into town.
雷切尔开车回城了。
1.3
- Brit. dated the chief city or town of a region〈英, 旧〉（某地区的）主要城市（或镇）：
he has moved to town.
他已经搬到城里去了。
1.4
- mass noun a densely populated area, especially as contrasted with the country or suburbs（尤指与农村、郊区相对的）城区, 市区：
the cultural differences between town and country.
城乡文化差别。
1.5
- mass noun the permanent residents of a university town as distinct from the members of the university（有别于大学师生的）大学城常住居民：
a rift between the city's town and gown which resulted in a petition to the college.
导致向学院请愿的大学城居民与师生之间的不和。常与GOWN相对。
短语
go to town
- informal do something thoroughly, enthusiastically, or extravagantly〈非正式〉彻底地（或热忱地, 铺张地）做某事：
I thought I'd go to town on the redecoration.
我原想我会不遗余力地进行再装修。
on the town
- informal enjoying the entertainments, especially the nightlife, of a city or town〈非正式〉作乐（尤指享受城镇的夜生活）：
a lot of guys out for a night on the town.
很多夜间外出寻欢作乐的人。
派生词
townish
adjectivetownlet
nountownward
adjective & adverbtownwards
adverb词源
Old English tūn 'enclosed piece of land, homestead, village', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuin 'garden' and German Zaun 'fence'.