英汉词典

town 相关例句

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1. The whole town is angry.
    全体市民都很愤慨。

2. 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。

3. town的近义词

3. We're going to town this Saturday.
    我们打算星期六到城里去。

4. The whole town knows of it.
    全城市都知道这件事。

5. My husband is out of town just now.
    我先生出门到外地去了。

1. 镇;市镇；城镇
    A town is a place with many streets and buildings, where people live and work. Towns are larger than villages and smaller than cities. Many places that are called towns in Britain would be called cities in the United States.

    e.g. ...Saturday night in the small town of Braintree, Essex...
           埃塞克斯郡布伦特里小镇的周六之夜
    e.g. Parking can be tricky in the town centre.
           在市镇中心停车可能会挺费事。

2. 自己居住的城镇
    You use town in order to refer to the town where you live.

    e.g. He admits he doesn't even know when his brother is in town...
           他承认自己甚至不知道弟弟什么时候来了本市。
    e.g. She left town.
           她离开了自己生活的城镇。

3. 市中心;(城镇的)商业中心；闹市区
    You use town in order to refer to the central area of a town where most of the shops and offices are.

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    e.g. I walked around town...
           我在市中心逛了逛。
    e.g. I caught a bus into town.
           我赶上辆公交车去了市中心。

4. (与农村相对的)城市，都会
    If you refer to the town, you are referring to town and city areas in general, as opposed to country areas.

    e.g. More people are going to want to escape from the town into the country…
           更多的人将会想要逃离城市到乡村去。
    e.g. It had the advantages of town and country combined.
           它兼具都市与乡村的优势。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 the city 词典解释