town

音标发音

• 英式音标 [taʊn]
• 美式音标 [taʊn]
• 国际音标 [taun]
• 英式发音
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基本解释

• n. 城镇，市镇；市内商业区
• n. (Town)人名；(英)汤

词源解说

• 直接源自古英语的tun，意为庄园。

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  towny：城里的；城市生活的。

• n性质的同根词

  township：镇区；小镇。

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用法辨析

n. (名词)

• town的基本意思是“镇,集〔市〕镇”,一般指大于乡村(village)、小于城市(city)的“城镇”,是可数名词。
• town也可指居住于一城镇的“全体居民”,此时为集合名词,常与定冠词the连用,只用于单数形式。当其作主语时,句子中的谓语动词可用单数形式,也可用复数形式。
• town也可作“市区,商业区,闹市”“(一个地区的)主要城市”解,此时是不可数名词,一般不与冠词连用。其前常加down, in, into, to等词,表示“往〔在,到〕城里”。in town在英式英语里常指“在伦敦”。
• the town有时还可指“都市生活”。

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英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• The town lies on a hill.
  这城市位于小山上。

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词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• blow town 突然离开城市
• build a town 修建一个城镇
• come to town 到市区,到场,露面
• destroy a town 摧毁一个城镇
• develop a town 发展一个城镇

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than a city

柯林斯英英字典

• A town is a place with streets and buildings, where people live and work. Towns are larger than neighbourhoods and smaller than cities. In informal English, cities are sometimes called towns.
• You can use the town to refer to the people of a town.
• You use town in order to refer to the town where you live.
• You use town in order to refer to the central area of a town where most of the stores and offices are.
• &rarrsee also downtown , uptown

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专业释义

经济学

• 小城镇

  Small city and town road?
  以小城镇为主？

  土木建筑工程

• 小城镇

  Small town environment planning is based on the above proposed reality.
  小城镇生态环境规划就是基于以上现实而提出的。

• 城镇名
• 城镇镇

历史学

• 市镇

  Nevertheless,Hankou was still a feudal commercial town at that time. Its process of modernization hadn’t been initiated.
  但当时的汉口仍是一个封建性的商业市镇,其现代化的进程并未启动。

  地球科学

• 城镇
• 镇

管理学

• 镇