town

英[taʊn]
美[taʊn]

基本释义

  • n.城镇,市镇; 小村庄; 城镇居民; 商业中心

词性变化

实用例句

a university town

大学城

牛津词典

They live in a rough part of town.

他们居住在一个社会秩序混乱的城区。

牛津词典

The nearest town is ten miles away.

最近的集镇离这里有十英里远。

牛津词典

We spent a month in the French town of Le Puy.

我们在一个叫勒皮的法国小镇里待了一个月。

牛津词典

The whole town is talking about it.

全镇的人都在议论这件事。

牛津词典

Can you give me a lift into town?

我可以搭你的车到商业区去吗?

牛津词典

I'll be in town next week if you want to meet.

如果你想见面的话,我下个星期在城里。

牛津词典

He married a girl from out of town.

他娶了一个外地姑娘。

牛津词典

Pollution is just one of the disadvantages of living in the town.

污染只是生活在城里的不利条件之一。

牛津词典

a night on the town

去娱乐场所作乐的夜晚

牛津词典

How about going out on the town tonight?

今晚出去痛痛快快地玩一玩怎么样?

牛津词典

...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

Parking can be tricky in the town centre.

在市镇中心停车可能会挺费事。

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。

She left town.

她离开了自己生活的城镇。

I walked around town...

我在市中心逛了逛。

I caught a bus into town.

我赶上辆公交车去了市中心。

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。

It had the advantages of town and country combined.

它兼具都市与乡村的优势。

We really went to town on it, turning it into a full, three-day show...

我们下了真功夫,把它办成了一场内容丰富、为时三天的展览。

The papers got hold of it and went to town on it…

报纸抓住这件事大做文章。

He was known as a tall, handsome man about town

他以高大英俊的花花公子形象为人所知。

He is an old flame of Sarah's, from her days as a single girl about town.

他是萨拉的旧情人,是她作为单身时髦女郎时的旧爱。

My idea of luxury used to be going out on the town and coming back in the early hours of the morning...

我过去对奢侈的概念是夜晚在闹市通宵玩乐到清晨才回来。

Last Saturday, I was out on the town with my mate…

上个星期六我和老友晚上去闹市玩乐了。

真题例句

Thousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

A friend recently took her mother to visit an expensive assisted living / nursing home near my town.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The Tunisian government  said Monday that 45 people have  been killed after gunmen attacked  a town near the border with Libya.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

Within the US, towns have become startup hubs if and only if they have both rich people and nerds.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Last September the couple moved into a 1,500-square-foot home in Premier Gardens, a subdivision of 95 "zero-energy homes"(ZEH) just outside town.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Andrew's runs a food pantry(食品堂)that serves the city and several of the surrounding towns.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

At Alfie's, the newest of the British restaurants in town and perhaps the most gentlemen's club-like in design, Neil Tomes explains his passion for provenance (原产地).

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

I need some information about some of the towns near here.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

They are really pretty little towns with lots of old housesand beautiful tree-lined streets

出自-2013年12月听力原文

I'd recommend visiting Westfield or Great Town.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Westfield is just seven miles west ofhere and Great Town is about five miles south

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Seven miles west to Westfield and five relies south to Great Town.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

What do we learn about Westfield and Great Town

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Sun School in the town of Ashbert in England is a day school for children age 10 to

出自-2012年12月听力原文

He is out of town all morning

出自-2012年12月听力原文

His research in the neighboring town has taken longer than he expected.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

So there used to be transport problems, now though there are new train links and better roads, but it may be that some smaller towns inland remain not very well connected, is that OK?

出自-2012年6月听力原文

Angeleno who came to the US six years ago, and is now an established businessman with three restaurants in town.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

And word got around town about the food

出自-2011年6月听力原文

hi David, there is a new gym opening in town today.

2018年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

I went to a secondary school in South Town.

2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

I won't be in the area tomorrow, as I have some other deliveries to make on the other side of the town.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

In Lagos, foreign oil workers can pay as much as $65,000 per year in rent for a modest apartment in a safe part of town.

2017年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

On the other hand, imagine the cost savings for local police enforcement and town budgets without all those speeding and parking tickets.

2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The bear named Pedals was spotted in the town of Oak ridge.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

The Tunisian government said Monday that 45 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a town near the border with Libya.

2016年12月四级真题(第二套)听力

Students in university towns may also have access to another lever for involvement in accelerated math: math circles.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Biologist Jill Farrant of the University of Cape Town in South Africa says that nature has plenty of answers for people who want to grow crops in places with unpredictable rainfall.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

It is a grim reality that you can have one person who only makes around 13,000 dollars a year, while across town another is making millions.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

She was going to talk with slides about a town in the 18th century.

2017年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

You go to a little town in Japan, where nobody speaks English, yet they know you on site and know all your music.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

After ten years of living in one, I can't imagine ever living in a small town again.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 语法填空 原文

Berlin has been the easiest while the most difficult was the Czech town of Pilsen.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 完形填空 原文

Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby for other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what was left.

2015年高考英语广东卷 语法填空 原文

Hilversum became the media capital of the Netherlands, and Dutch television stars moved into the leafy neighborhoods surrounding the town.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

His masterpiece, Hilversum town hall, was built in 1928-1931.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

However, just before the annual giant vegetable competitions, an enormous rabbit begins terrorising the town.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

However, these things are not common in small towns.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

However, you seldom find such a variety of people in a smaller town.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

I grew up in a small town until I was 18 and then moved to a big city, so I have experienced the good and bad sides of both.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

I think almost all the people in the town were there.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文

If a neighbor is going to be out of town, offer to collect mail and newspapers.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

In 2005, when the Bishop Arts Theatre was donated to our town, the location was considered a poor area of town.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文

In a small town, you have to own a car to make life comfortable.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

In the town of Tiverton, a new ice-cream store, the Muddy Moos, is opened.

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

It was a popular activity for couples to leisurely walk through town to view the temporary works of chilly art.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

It was about the history of the town.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

Life in the town of Tiverton is made up of both good news and bad news.

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

Yes, but a few blocks down town would be much more expensive.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 听力 原文

Most radio stations settled in the large villas in the leafy areas of the town.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Newly-built wooden cottages line the street, turning the old town into a dreamland.

2016年高考英语北京卷 单项选择 原文

Nome's town officials came up with an plan.

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

Of course, safety should be considered, and that's one area where small towns are better than big cities.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

On the last Wednesday of every August, the Spanish town of Bunol hosts Ea Tomatina—the world's largest food fight.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

On the third Monday of April, the holiday sechselauten is kicked off when a cotton snowman called the boogg is stuffed with explosive and paraded through town by bakers and other tradesmen who throw bread to the crowds.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Sorry, doctor white is out of town and I'm not in the position to give out that kind of information.

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

Surely small towns and big cities both have some problems in terms of transport.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

The ad had a phone number for a town in southern Michigan.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

The children of nome would be helpless if it struck the town.

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

The movie is set in a small town where the only movie theater is preparing to close down.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The town elders wanted to learn about the world.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

The two didn't know each other well—Taylor had just moved to town a month or so before.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Then you can take the shuttle bus into town.

2015年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

There is really no space for any more new buildings in the town.

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

They built themselves large villas in the wooded surroundings of the town.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market which people from the towns met regularly.

2015年高考英语广东卷 语法填空 原文

When I was a little girl, my family moved to a tiny town at the bottom of a big mountain.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文

With great interest, he read everything he could lay his hands on, listened to the town elders and learned about the world beyond his tiny hometown.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The sensible place to build new houses,factories and offices is where people are,in cities and towns where infrastructure is in place.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

Rural towns and villages have grown and will always grow.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

Half a century of town and country planning has enabled it to retain an enviable rural coherence, while still permitting low-density urban living.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

For the first time in history more people live in towns than in the country.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

A "town of culture" could be not just about the arts but about honoring a town's peculiarities-helping sustain its high street, supporting local facilities and above all celebrating its people and turn it into action.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

A cynic might speculate that the UK is on the verge of disappearing into an endless fever of self-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the post-Brexit world: after town of culture, who knows that will follow-village of culture?

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

A group of labour MPs, among them Yvette Cooper, are bringing in the new year with a call to institute a UK "town of culture" award.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

A town of culture award could, it is argued, become an annual event, attracting funding and creating jobs.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Britain town, it is true are not prevented from applying, but they generally lack the resources to put together a bit to beat their bigger competitions.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But mayors and councilors can only do so much about a problem that is far bigger than any one city or town.

2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city;

    "they drive through town on their way to work"

  • 2. an administrative division of a county;

    "the town is responsible for snow removal"

  • 3. the people living in a municipality smaller than a city;

    "the whole town cheered the team"

同义词辨析

city, town

这两个名词均含"城市"之意。

  • city: 一般指大城市或重要城市。
  • town: 一般指规模小的城镇,也指城市中的市区,有时也泛指城市。

反义词

n.城市;市区

country

其他释义

country