Entire villages come to see the parade. we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French vilage, from vil manorial estate, farmstead, from Latin villa
ADJECTIVE | VILLAGE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, large大村落;大村莊▸➤little, small, tiny小村莊▸➤ancient, historic, medieval, old古老的村莊;歷史名村;中世紀村落➤poor貧窮的村莊▸➤attractive, beautiful, picturesque, pretty, quaint迷人的/美麗的/風景如畫的/漂亮的/古雅的村莊▸➤peaceful, quiet, sleepy寧靜的/靜謐的/寂靜的村莊▸➤local, nearby, neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding當地的/附近的/鄰近的/周圍的村莊◇The flood affected the town and surrounding villages.洪水禍及小鎮及周圍的村莊。➤isolated, outlying, remote偏僻的/邊遠的/偏遠的村莊▸➤country, rural鄉村;農村➤urban城中村▸➤coastal, seaside (especially BrE) 濱海村莊;海邊的村落➤mountain山村▸➤abandoned, deserted廢棄的/荒蕪的村莊▸➤home, native故鄉的村莊◇She married a man from her home village.她嫁了個同村的老鄉。➤agricultural, farming, fishing, mining農莊;漁村;採礦村➤holiday, retirement度假村;退休村➤Olympic奧運村▸➤global (figurative) 地球村◇Technology has turned the world into a global village.科技已經把世界變成了地球村。VILLAGE + NOUN➤community, life鄉村社區/生活▸➤church, green, hall, market, post office, pub, school, shop, square, street鄉村教堂/公用綠地/禮堂/市場/郵局/酒館/學校/商店/廣場/街道▸➤centre/center村中心➤resident村民➤baker, blacksmith, priest, etc.鄉村麪包師、鐵匠、牧師等➤chief, elder, leader村長;村中長者;村領導➤council村政務委員會➤idiot鄉下傻瓜PREPOSITION➤in a/the village在鄉村◇They live in a farming village.他們住在一個農莊裏。➤outside a/the village在鄉村外◇Our cottage is just outside the village.我們的小屋就在村子的外邊。PHRASES➤the centre/center of the village, the middle of the village村落的中央/中心▸➤the edge of the village, the outskirts of the village村莊的邊緣/外圍