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单词 village
释义

village

/ˈvɪlɪdʒ /
noun
1A group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area: pretty fishing villages the village of Claxby all the village could do was listen [as modifier]: the village hall...
  • The population was essentially rural with numerous small villages and towns housing less than 1000 people.
  • The parish council has also voiced its unease at more houses in the village and wants the area for community use.
  • The building later became the village hall, then a youth hostel with community use in the winter.
1.1A self-contained district or community within a town or city, regarded as having features characteristic of village life: the Olympic village...
  • Although I live in the city now, when I was small I lived in a village within the city.
  • The famous village within a city is a conservation area and its imposing stone buildings are listed.
  • The area proposed for the Olympic Village is the Lower Lea Valley in East London.
1.2US A small municipality with limited corporate powers.
2Australian /NZ A select suburban shopping centre.

Derivatives

villagey

adjective ...
  • The West End was great but very villagey, I couldn't pop out to the shop without meeting someone I knew - and when you work in clubs it is important to have some time out from all that constant networking.
  • It has a villagey feel, he says, with its mix of pretty Victorian terraces and neat council homes with communal gardens; its primary school at one end and pub and a club at the other.
  • It's still quite a villagey atmosphere around here.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin villa 'country house'.

Rhymes

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