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IELTS BNC: 433 COCA: 488

town

town /ˈtaʊn/ noun
plural towns
town
/ˈtaʊn/
noun
plural towns
Learner's definition of TOWN
[count] : a place where people live that is larger than a village but smaller than a city镇;市镇;集镇
see also county town, ghost town, shantytown, twin town
[count] : the people in a town(全体)镇民usually singular通常用单数
the town : the government of a town镇政府
[noncount] : the business and shopping center of a town(城镇的)商业区,中心区
see also downtown, uptown
: the town where someone lives(某人居住的)镇子,小城
[noncount]
[singular]
see also hometown

go to town

informal
: to do something in a very thorough and enthusiastic way花大力气做某事;大干一番
often + on

hit the town

informal
: to spend time in the area of a city or town where there are a lot of restaurants, bars, etc.去娱乐场所吃喝玩乐。

(out) on the town

informal
: going to the restaurants, bars, etc., of a city or town for entertainment去娱乐场所玩乐

paint the town (red)

see 2paint

the talk of the town

see 2talk
IELTS BNC: 433 COCA: 488
1
a
: a compactly settled area usually larger than a village but smaller than a city
b
: a compactly settled area as distinguished from surrounding rural territory
c
: a large densely populated urban area : city
d
: an English village having a periodic fair or market
2
: a particular town or city under consideration
the circus came to town
3
: the city or urban life as contrasted with the country
4
a
: the inhabitants of a city or town
practically the whole town turned out for the parade
b
: the townspeople of a college or university town as distinct from the academic community
relations between town and gown
5
: a New England territorial and political unit usually containing under a single town government both rural areas and urban areas not having their own charter of incorporation
also : a New England community governed by a town meeting
6
dialectal, England : a cluster or aggregation of houses recognized as a distinct place with a place-name : hamlet
7
: a group of prairie dog burrows
town adjective
Phrases
on the town
: in usually carefree pursuit of entertainment or amusement (such as city nightlife) especially as a relief from routine

Example Sentences

the town of Jackson, Florida The nearest shopping mall is two towns away. The town plans to increase property taxes. We're heading to town later on.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English tūn enclosure, village, town; akin to Old High German zūn enclosure, Old Irish dún fortress

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6

Time Traveler
The first known use of town was before the 12th century
IELTS BNC: 433 COCA: 488
town

noun¹

1place with many streets and buildings城鎮ADJECTIVE | VERB + TOWN | TOWN + VERB | TOWN + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEbig, large, major大城鎮little, small, tiny (especially NAmE) 小城鎮nearby, neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding附近的城鎮ancient, historic, medieval, old古鎮;中世紀的城鎮;古老的城鎮new新城鎮It was built as a new town in the 1960s. (BrE) 這是在 20 世紀 60 年代建立的新城鎮。company, factory, farm, industrial, mill, mining公司/工廠/農場/工業/採礦小鎮a 19th-century mill town that used to produce cotton19 世紀生產棉製品的工業小鎮busy繁忙的城鎮a busy market town繁忙的集鎮boom, thriving繁榮的城鎮Rio was a boom town and trade was thriving.里約熱內盧是一個繁榮的城市,貿易蓬勃發展。a thriving mining town繁榮的採礦小鎮dusty, sleepy塵土飛揚的/死氣沉沉的小鎮the dusty border town of Eagle Pass, Texas伊格爾帕斯,得克薩斯州一個塵土飛揚的邊境小鎮a sleepy provincial town in southern France法國南部一個冷清的小鎮remote偏僻的小鎮country, provincial, rural鄉間小鎮;首都以外的城鎮county (BrE) 郡首府Exeter, the county town of Devon埃克賽特,德文郡首府home, native家鄉小鎮She has gone back to live in her home town.她已經回到她的故鄉去生活了。border, frontier邊境城鎮mountain, prairie (especially NAmE) 山區/草原小鎮beach, coastal, seaside (especially BrE) 海灘/沿海/海濱城鎮the sun-drenched beach towns of Southern California沐浴着陽光的南加州海灘小鎮holiday, resort度假城;度假勝地cathedral, college, market, university (especially BrE) 教區總教堂所在地;學院城;貿易集鎮;大學城dormitory, satellite郊外住宅區;衞星城fortified設防的城鎮Kitzbühel is an ancient fortified town.基茨比厄爾是一個築有要塞的古鎮。shanty貧民窟ghost鬼城;被廢棄的城鎮It's been a ghost town since the gold rush ended.淘金熱結束後,這個城市就被廢棄了。twin (BrE) 姊妹城Darlington's twin town of Amiens達靈頓的姊妹城,亞眠城VERB + TOWNbuild, found建立城鎮live in生活在城鎮How many people live in the town?有多少人生活在城裏?get out of, leave, move out of, skip (informal, especially NAmE) 離開城鎮;搬離城鎮He left town yesterday for a conference in Cape Town.他昨天離城去開普敦出席一個會議。They wanted to move out of town and start a new life in the country.他們想搬離城市去鄉村開始新的生活。surround環繞鎮子the rolling hills that surround the town環繞着鎮子的連綿起伏的丘陵TOWN + VERBflourish, grow城鎮繁榮/發展TOWN + NOUNcentre (BrE) 城市中心hall, square, walls市政廳;市政廣場;城牆council(尤指英國的)鎮委員會meeting市民大會life城鎮生活planning城鎮規劃PREPOSITIONin town在城裏They'll be back in town tomorrow.他們將於明天返城。out of town不在城裏I was out of town last week.上星期我去外地了。an out-of-town superstore市區外的大型商場outside (the) town在城外a lake just outside the town城外的湖PHRASESthe centre/center of (the) town, the middle of (the) town市鎮中心the edge of (the) town, the outskirts of (the) town市鎮邊緣/郊區from town to town從一個城鎮到另一個城鎮I spent years moving from town to town.多年來,我從一個鎮子搬到另一個鎮子。
town

noun²

2main part of a town, with the shops/stores, etc.商铺林立的主城區VERB + TOWN | PREPOSITION VERB + TOWNgo into, hit (informal) 到市中心去I'm going into town-can I get you anything?我要到市中心去 - 你要帶點兒什麼嗎?Millie hit the town, looking for excitement.米莉來到鎮上尋求刺激。PREPOSITIONin town在市中心Dad's in town shopping.爸爸在市中心購物。

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