| 单词 | town |
| 释义 | towntown /taʊn/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1PLACE [countable] an area with houses, stores, offices, etc. where people live and work: He grew up in a small town in Texas. Milton is a town of about 35,000 people.THESAURUScity – a very large town, usually with very large buildings, museums, parks, etc. where a large number of people live and work: Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida. He lives near Central Park in New York City.metropolis – a very large city, especially an important city – used especially in writing: London grew from one square mile into a busy and crowded metropolis.suburb – a town or small city near a large city: He lives in a suburb of Seattle but drives into the city for work every day.village – a very small town, usually far from cities – used especially about places outside of the U.S.: His parents come from a village in Thailand.capital – a large city where a country’s or state’s main government is: Sacramento is the capital of California.municipality formal – a town, city, or other small area, which has its own government: The website has a map of the municipality of Anchorage.settlement – a group of houses and buildings where people live, far away from other towns: The pioneers lived in a small settlement on the edge of the desert.2WHERE YOU LIVE [uncountable] the town or city where you live: He has an apartment on the south side of town. I’ll be out of town for about a week (=away from home on a trip). Let’s get together while you’re in town (=visiting a town or city). We’re having some visitors from out of town (=from a different town or city). The Cubs are coming to town Friday. He left town without telling anyone. The old city hall is right in the center of town. It was six o’clock when she reached the outskirts of town (=the area farthest from the center of town).3MAIN CENTER [uncountable] the business or shopping center of a town or city: I need to go into town to do a little shopping. → see also downtown4PEOPLE [singular] all the people who live in a particular town: Just about the whole town showed up at the funeral.5LOCAL GOVERNMENT [singular] social studies the people who are in charge of the government of a town: The town is paying for the new park.6go to town (on something) informal to do something in a very eager or thorough way: Sandy went to town on the displays.7(out) on the town informal going to restaurants, bars, theaters, etc. for entertainment in the evening: Frank is taking me out for a night on the town.[Origin: Old English tun yard, buildings inside a wall, village, town] → see also ghost town, paint the town (red) at paint2 (7)COLLOCATIONSadjectives/nouns + towna small town I grew up in a small town in Iowa.a little town We stopped in a pretty little town in the French Alps.a big town What’s the nearest big town around here?a major town The army now occupies most of the major towns and cities.a busy/bustling town The town was busy even in November.a quiet town The town is quiet in the summer.a sleepy town (=very quiet, with not much happening) Johnson grew up in the sleepy town of Asheville.a historic town Visitors can go on a tour of this historic town.a tourist town Holbrook is a tourist town on the Navajo reservation.an industrial town Thousands moved to the newly forming industrial towns to work in the mills.a beach/seaside town Young people came looking for seasonal work in the seaside towns.a provincial town (=one that is not near the capital, especially in countries other than the U.S.) Many provincial towns were transformed by the coming of the railroad.somebody’s home town (=the town where someone was born) He was buried in his home town of Milwaukee.a border town (=one on the border of a country) Many of the people who live in Mexican border towns work in the U.S.a ghost town (=one where people no longer live) Virginia City became a ghost town when the silver mines closed, but now it is a tourist attraction. |
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