town
美 [ta?n] 
英 [ta?n]
- n.鎮；市鎮；集鎮；（某一市鎮的）居民
- 網絡城鎮；城市；小鎮
詞形變化
復數：towns 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [c][u] 鎮；市鎮；集鎮a place with many houses, shops/stores, etc. where people live and work. It is larger than a village but smaller than a city. |
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| They live in a rough part of town. 他們居住在一個社會秩序混亂的城區。 |
| The nearest town is ten miles away. 最近的集鎮離這里有十英里遠。 |
| We spent a month in the French town of Le Puy. 我們在一個叫勒皮的法國小鎮里待了一個月。 |
2. | [sing] （某一市鎮的）居民，市民the people who live in a particular town |
| The whole town is talking about it. 全鎮的人都在議論這件事。 |
3. | [u] （城鎮的）商業區the area of a town where most of the shops/stores and businesses are |
| Can you give me a lift into town? 我可以搭你的車到商業區去嗎？ |
4. | [u] （生活、工作或剛提到的）城鎮a particular town where sb lives and works or one that has just been referred to |
| I'll be in town next week if you want to meet. 如果你想見面的話，我下個星期在城里。 |
| He married a girl from out of town. 他娶了一個外地姑娘。 |
5. | [sing][u] 城市生活（與鄉村生活相對）life in towns or cities as opposed to life in the country |
| Pollution is just one of the disadvantages of living in the town. 污染只是生活在城里的不利條件之一。 |
英漢解釋
n. | 3. 〈方〉村,小村莊;土撥鼠的巢;〈英〉小農場內的房屋 |
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英英解釋
例句
One warm spring day, he took her to a town house he saw in the New York Times.
陽春三月的一天，他帶她去看一所從《紐約時報》上看到的房子。
My dad, he starts a new family in a new town about every six years. This isn't so much like a family as it's like he sets up a franchise.
我老爸，他每隔六年都會在一個新城市開始一個新家庭------與其說是家庭，不如說是新開一家加盟店。
The Hotel Nydeck is situated in the heart of the old town, only a few minutes' walk from the main station.
Nydeck酒店處于古城的中心地帶，步行只需幾分鐘便可抵達總車站。
The mayor of one town was ready to send a private plane to New York to help.
有一個城市的市長準備送一架私人飛機來紐約援助。
Vertulfo called the name of the town from the front seat, and I opened Google Maps on my iPhone to look it up.
坐在前座的維圖爾弗告訴我那個城鎮的名字，我便在我的iPhone上打開谷歌地圖查詢。
As a reminder that the sky is not the limit, the Winter Chamber of Commerce posted a sign on Highway 70, the main road into town.
在此提醒說，天空沒有極限，商務廳公布了冬季公路70，進城的主要道路標志。
English gentlemen used to employ correspondents to write them once a week from London the gossip of the court and of the town.
英國紳士們曾經雇傭記者把倫敦法庭和市鎮的雜談每星期給他們寫一次。
I met mother, took long-distance bus with her to a small town, and then walked twenty kilometers to my enlisted troop.
我接到母親，與母親坐長途汽車到一個小鎮，而后步行二十華里到我服役的連隊。
I've got a million things to do tomorrow. My Old Pair are coming to town for a few days and I've got to get my place in order.
我明天還有一大堆事兒要做呢。我的老爹老媽要來城里住些日子，我得把我家里弄利落了。
It does matter! You know how she talks to everybody and their brother! Now the whole town will be asking me for money!
怎么會不要緊！你是知道她的，她會告訴所有的人和他們的兄弟！現在全城的人都要向我借錢了！
The deadly suicide blast took place in a remote northwestern village near the Pakistani town of Lakki Marwat.
這起致命自殺式炸彈爆炸發生在巴基斯坦西北部城鎮勒基馬瓦附近的一個偏遠村莊。
The holding of this seminar signified that the concept of New Mother Town is being put into practice, becoming complete and mature.
此次會議的召開標志著新母城理念正在貫徹落實，并將逐步發展、成熟。
Rebecca Johnson knew that pregnancy meant an immediate end to the regular nights out on the town that she had enjoyed with friends.
對麗貝卡約翰遜來說，懷孕就意味這她在夜晚和朋友們出去享樂這種生活的戛然而止。
The U. S. military says it was not involved in a helicopter attack reported by residents of a town in southern Somalia on Sunday.
美國軍方說，它們沒有參與一次直升飛機襲擊，索馬里南部一個鎮的居民星期天報告了這次襲擊。
As I happened to be sitting next the driver going to town on the 'bus, I told him my joke about the "frayed" shirts.
在去城里的公交車上，我碰巧坐在司機身邊，我就給他講關于“磨損”襯衣的笑話。
When you're trying to find someone online, Google's not the only game in town.
當你嘗試在互聯網上尋找某人時，Google并不是唯一的工具。
Since he was a complete stranger in the town, there was no one to speak up formic when he was brought into court.
因為他在這個鎮上是一個完全陌生的人，所以當他受到控告時，沒有人替他講好話。
And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with a plea, Grant me justice against my adversary, she would say.
那城里有個寡婦，常到他那里，說：我有一個對頭，求你給我伸冤。
I grew up in a small town with no cinema and no bowling - it was a real dullsville.
我在一個小城長大，沒有電影沒有保齡球，真實無聊透了。
He flew far over the forest until he came to the towns of men. . . He went into a town and saw the burning thing.
他飛了很遠，來到了人們的鎮上。他走進了鎮子，看到一個正在燃燒的東西。
She felt that going back to live in her home town would be a backward step.
她覺得回到家鄉生活就是沒出息。
I've been buzzing around town all day sorting out my trip.
我一整天都在城里轉來轉去，安排旅行的事情。
He seldom got into town, and when he did he permitted himself the luxury of enjoying his popularity.
他難得進城，因此，每次進城，總要趁機享受一下自己的盛名。
A regular bus service connects the train station with the town centre.
火車站和市中心之間有定時班車。
He was in many points abreast with the central town thinkers of his date.
在許多方面，他跟他同時代的主要都市里的思想家看齊。
There is a strong sense of community in this town.
這個鎮上有一種強烈的社區意識。
Soon the Prince with his six extraordinary servants arrived in the town where the old Queen lived.
不久，王子就和六個古怪的傭人到達老王后住的城市。
He knew the financial secrets of most traders in the town and could touch the springs of their credit.
他了解當地大部分商人的財務秘密，掌握著他們的信用命脈。
He's been buggering about the town all day.
他整天在城里閑逛，無所事事。
She broadcast(ed) the gossip all over the town.
她把這個流言傳遍了全鎮。
The town looked as if it had fallen in on itself.
這個鎮看來像是自己垮掉的。
"Leave it to the town councilor, " said the town council with a malicious air.
鎮上的議員們幸災樂禍地說，“讓鎮議長去辦理吧。”
He was thinking of a time when he had been caught in a small town in Nebraska.
他想起自己當初曾流落在內布拉斯加的一個小鎮上。
She has been chasing about town all morning looking for a pair of shoes for her daughter.
為給女兒買一雙鞋，她跑了一上午在市內各處尋找。
The body of the general was reinterred at his native town in the earlier years of the 20th century.
這位將軍的遺體20世紀初期移葬于他的家鄉。
The mayor of one town was ready to send a private plane to New York to help.
有一個城市的市長準備送一架私人飛機來紐約援助。
"I just took that because it was the only chance I saw of getting up to town. "
“我是看到只有這樣才能進城，才能接受這個差事。”
It was during this dialogue, or hard on the heels of it, that the town was subjected to a monster revival meeting.
就在這次交談中，或者緊接著這次談話，城里舉行了一次規模巨大的福音布道會。
Tell him if he ever steps out of line again I'll personally run him out of this town and back to fire Island!
對他說明白，如果他再胡作非為，我就親自趕他出城送他回火山島去！
We came around a curve into a town, and on both sides opened out a sudden green valley.
我們順著一條彎道，駛進一個小鎮，兩側陡的展開一片開闊的綠色山谷。
Their bridal tour had been to a neighbouring town to see a man hanged for murdering his wife.
他們的蜜月旅行是到鄰近的一個城鎮去看一個謀害妻子的人接受絞刑。
The town is now counting the cost of its failure to provide adequate flood protection.
這個鎮未采取充分的防洪措施，現在嘗到苦頭了。
All three of the active practitioners of the town had come quickly but had found the child dead.
小城里三個積極的醫生全體火速趕到，卻發現小孩死了。
During the night troops passed through the village, reporting the enemy had taken Silver Town to the north.
夜間有隊伍經過村里，說敵人已經占領了北面的銀坊。
When he opened the heavy volumes it was like finding a comrade in a company town.
當他打開那本沉重的卷帙的時候，那情形就像是在公司鎮里碰到了一個同志一樣。
This area of town is known as the Bermuda Triangle because drinkers can disappear into the pubs and clubs and be lost to the world.
城里的這一地區稱作“百慕大三角”，因為酒徒進入這里的酒吧和夜總會后一時間消失得無影無蹤。
There's nothing to do in this town except mooching around the streets; no wonder young people get into trouble.
在這座城市除了逛大街以外沒事可干；難怪年輕人要出亂子。
The clearing was as large as a building lot in town.
這片空地和鎮上的建筑場地一樣大。
We traipsed all over town looking for a copy of the book.
我們走遍了全城都沒找到一本這種書。
They were forced to leave the town.
他們被迫離開該城。
She was an office manager whose company had just moved into the new office park on the edge of the town.
她是一位剛剛遷移到這個小鎮邊上的一家公司的辦公室經理，她正想為她公司里的辦公室服務臺購置一些盆栽。
And he said no, that was "too much, too soon, " but if I'm ever in town I should call him.
他拒絕了，他說“我們發展的太快，太親密了。”但他告訴我如果我以后回紐約的話可以給他打電話。
A: Looking for her right now actually , who knows, you might be her? Don't laugh, I just got into town.
實際上我剛才正在找她，誰知道，你就有可能是她？別笑，我才來這個城鎮。
A few weeks later she wrote that she and her husband would be in town, and asked if Kris and I would like to have dinner.
幾周后，她寫信來說她和丈夫回到鎮上來，問我和克麗絲是否愿意一起吃個飯。
He had hunted around the edge of town until he found a small, abandoned piece of property with a house and shed.
他周圍的追捕城市的邊緣，直到他發現了一個小，放棄一屋子物品，棚。
Viborg is a city in Denmark. It is an old city, but it has only a few old buildings. A great fire destroyed most of the old town in 1726.
維堡，位于丹麥，是一座擁有悠久歷史的老城鎮。但是1726年的一場大火幾乎摧毀了整個城市，現在全城僅殘留下為數不多的幾幢古老建筑。
Some of my acquaintances in the country come up to town once or twice a year to visit the theatre as a special treat.
我在鄉村有一些熟人，他們每年進城來看一回或幾回戲，并把此看作一種特殊的享受。
Synopsis: Petrie 's moves have all been solid as he goes about rebuilding, but it's probably going to be another long season in Sac Town.
綜述：皮特里的舉措圍繞重建展開的很好，但是在薩克拉門托恐怕就將是一個悠長的賽季。
It was poisonous to me to see him in the town, for I very well knew why he had come there.
在鎮上遇到這個人，實在窩囊透了，因為他來此何事，我心中已經十分了然了。
He was born in 1953, and grew up in London, Ontario, a manufacturing town midway between Toronto and Detroit.
他出生于1953年，在倫敦、安大略省以及多倫多和底特律之間的一個制造業重鎮長大。
She continues to resist his strange impulse to leave town until an urgency overcomes his voice and he moves closer to her. "We need to go. "
他老婆繼續反對他這種奇怪的想搬家的沖動，Hale走近了她，用一種緊迫的語調說，“我們必須要走。”
While vacationing with her mother in Arnhem, Hitler's army took over the town.
當她和母親正在阿納姆度假時，希特勒的軍隊占領了這座城鎮。
Because her grades were quite good, the orphanage decided to let her continue her studies and allowed her to go to the high school in town.
因為她的成績相當優異，院方才決定讓她繼續升學，到村子里去念高中。
In other words, you have to start the app and hope that your town has at least a few active GasBuddy contributors to help you out.
換句話說，你只能打開軟件并同時希望同一區域至少還有其他一些在線的GasBuddy用戶能夠給你提供幫助。
It's not known at this point whether Ryanair, famed for flying to out-of-town airports, plans on opening up a route to the new-born island.
此時此刻，不知道以飛外地小型機場聞名的愛爾蘭瑞安航空是否計劃在新出現的小島上開設一條航線。
"You know what I'm talking about, " Mrs. Claus told the Obamas, referring to the couple's nights out on the town together.
圣誕夫人對奧巴馬總統一家說：“你們明白我的意思。”她指的是奧巴馬夫婦的浪漫夜游。
Tony rode around the town until he found a suitable piece of waste ground.
托尼騎著自行車到到城鎮里四處查看，最后找到了一塊合適的空地。
Once upon a time, when the yen was the most powerful force in the world, the city overflowed with immigrants, like a gold rush boom town.
有一段時間，當日元是世界上最強的貨幣時，城市里充滿了移民。
Boulder lived up to its reputation as a foodie town, ordering the most in Amazon's Cooking, Food & Wine category.
博爾德市沒有辜負她美食城的美譽，在亞馬遜訂購了最多的烹飪、飲食和酒水類的書籍；
Soon she began to do espionage work, binding up her hair like a married woman, entering the town and gathering information.
不久又分派她搞偵察工作，她把頭發盤在腦后梳成髻，化裝成家庭婦女模樣，經常出入鎮內收集情報。
They walked around the town looking for a place to eat.
他們在城里到處尋找吃飯的地方。
The men worked quickly, turning the dirty old building into the most modern shop in the town.
這些工人干活迅速，把這個又臟又舊的建筑物改造成鎮上最時髦的商店。
In the centre of the town is the market-place where several times each week country traders come to sell their produce.
市中心是一個市場，鄉下的生意人每星期有幾次來這里出售他們的產品。
As you approach the town, you'll see the college on the left.
快到市鎮時就可以看見左邊的學院。
They were married in a quiet ceremony at the town hall.
他們在市政廳里舉行了樸素的婚禮。
I predict some big names in the town will have mud on them before all this is over.
我估計，用不著等這件事了結，就會查出本市有些大亨身上并不那么干凈。
I've been chasing around town all morning looking for a present for Sharon.
為了送給莎倫一件禮物，我一上午都在滿城奔走尋覓。
She goes about the town fearing the judgements of her neighbours.
她在鎮上四處蹓跶，心里直害怕鄰居會評頭品足。
The whole town turned out for the parade.
全鎮的人都出來參加了這次游行。
These libraries were, and still are organized from a country headquarters, normally sited in the country town.
這些圖書館過去是，現在仍然是由通常設在郡城里的郡總館來組織的。
