town

[taun]

n.城市, 城镇, （某一城镇的）居民, 商业区

n.

1. 镇; 市镇[C]

He was born in a small town fifty miles away from Chicago.

他出生在距芝加哥五十英里的一个小镇上。

2. (与农村相对而言)城市; 都市生活[the S]

3. 市区; 市内商业区, 中心区[U]

My husband is out of town just now.

我先生出门到外地去了。

We're going to town this Saturday.

我们打算星期六到城里去。

4. 【英】伦敦[U]

5. (全体)镇民, 市民[the S][G]

The whole town is/are against the plan.

全体镇民都反对这项计划。

词形变化

名词复数：towns

词义辨析

同义:

n.镇; 城市; 都市

metropolis  city  municipality  

同义参见:

community  village  

反义:

n.城市; 市区

country  

英英释义

名词 town:

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

an administrative division of a county

同义词：township

the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

同义词：townspeople, townsfolk

补充

towntown英:[taun] 美:[taʊn]n.1.镇, 市镇The town is a residential suburb.这个小镇是市郊住宅区。2.城镇居民The whole town is[are] furious about the council's education policy.全镇居民对市政会的教育政策都感到极其愤怒。3.商业中心[闹市区]He is going into town this morning.他上午打算到商业区去。

例句

1. a large and traditional industrial town大型传统工业城镇 2. Most people live in towns and cities.大多数人住在市镇或城市里。 3. the small town of Braintree, Essex埃塞克斯郡的布伦特里小镇 4. They're new in town.他们刚到镇上。 5. friends of his who were visiting from out of town他那些从外地来玩的朋友 6. I walked around town.我在闹市区逛了逛。 7. I caught a bus into town.我赶上了一辆去市中心的公交车。 8. I had lunch in town.我在商业区吃的午饭。 9. the centre of town市中心 10. I need to go to town to do some shopping.我要去市中心买点儿东西。 11. It had the advantages of town and country combined.它兼有城市和农村的优势。 12. The town takes immense pride in recent achievements.全镇居民对近来取得的成就极为自豪。 13. The papers got hold of it and went to town on it.报纸抓住这件事大做文章。 14. He was known as a tall, handsome man about town.人人都认为他是个英俊高大的花花公子。 15. 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。 16. My idea of luxury used to be going out on the town.过去我对奢侈的概念就是尽情地享受城市的夜生活。 17. Last Saturday, I was out on the town with my mate.上周六我和哥们儿晚上出去玩了。 18. the battle between town and gown大学城居民和大学师生之间的争斗 19. the town mayor镇长 20. Churchill was in town.丘吉尔在城里。 21. Rachel left to drive back into town.雷切尔开车回城了。 22. he has moved to town.他已经搬到城里去了。 23. the cultural differences between town and country.城乡文化差别。 24. a rift between the city's town and gownwhich 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。 25. 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。 26. a lot of guys out for a night on the town.很多夜间外出寻欢作乐的人。 27. Romsey is a small market town.罗姆西是个小集镇。 28. The whole town is talking about it.全镇居民都在谈论这件事。 29. I've got to go into town this afternoon.今天下午我得去市中心。 30. a town in Georgia佐治亚州的小镇 31. a mining town矿业小镇 32. "the town of Jackson, Florida"佛罗里达州弥尔顿镇 33. The nearest shopping mall is two towns away.最近的购物中心离这里有两个集镇的距离。 34. town officials镇政府官员 35. I think the entire town has heard the news by now.我想整个镇子的人现在都已经听到这个消息了。 36. The whole town was at the parade.全镇的人都在游行。 37. The town plans to increase property taxes.镇政府计划提高财产税。 38. We're heading to town later on.我们过一会儿要去商业区。 39. He left town when he was 16.他16岁时离开了家乡。 40. The circus is coming to town.马戏团要来镇上了。 41. the town parade镇上的游行 42. This is the best restaurant in town. [=in this town]这是镇上最好的餐厅。 43. Let's get together. I'll be in town next week. [=I'll be in your town next week]我们聚聚吧，我下周会去你住的镇子。 44. She's from out of town. [=from a different town]她是外地人。 45. My town has changed a lot over the years.我居住的小城这些年发生了很大的变化。 46. "When they throw a party, they really go to town. [=they spend a lot of money and have a big party]"他们每次举办聚会都花钱大办一场。 47. She really went to town on the decorations for the party.她为聚会的装饰费尽了心思。 48. We're planning to hit the town tomorrow.我们打算明天去城里吃喝玩乐。 49. We spent the night out on the town.我们痛痛快快地玩了一晚上。