village
/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/noun
1- a group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area村庄, 村。
1.1
- a self-contained district or community within a town or city, regarded as having features characteristic of village life（城市中带有村庄特点的）生活小区, 居民区：
the Olympic village.
奥林匹克村。
1.2
- US a small municipality with limited corporate powers〈美〉（有有限自治权的）小自治市
1.3
- Austral./NZ a select suburban shopping centre〈澳/新西兰〉高级城郊购物中心。
派生词
villager
nounvillagey
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French， from Latin villa 'country house'.