Town

[taʊn]

解释:

(noun.) the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; 'the whole town cheered the team'.

(noun.) an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; 'they drive through town on their way to work'.

(noun.) United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844).

手打:西尔维亚--From WordNet

解释:

(adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.

(adv. & prep.) Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.

(adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.

(adv. & prep.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.

(adv. & prep.) A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.

(adv. & prep.) The court end of London;-- commonly with the.

(adv. & prep.) The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.

(adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

杰克逊整理

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Village, HAMLET, place, BOROUGH.[2]. City, metropolis.[3]. Court end (of London).[4]. [Local, U. S.] Township.

录入:泰茜

解释:

n. a place larger than a village not a city: the inhabitants of a town.—ns. Town′-clerk a clerk who keeps the records of a town; Town′-coun′cil the governing body in a town elected by the ratepayers; Town′-coun′cillor a member of a town-council; Town′-crī′er one who cries or makes public proclamations in a town; Town′hall a public hall for the official business of a town; Town′house a house or building for transacting the public business of a town: a house in town as opposed to one in the country.—adj. Town′ish characteristic of town as opposed to country.—ns. Town′land a township; Town′-meet′ing in New England a primary meeting of the voters of a town.—n.pl. Towns′folk the folk or people of a town.—ns. Town′ship the territory or district of a town: the corporation of a town: a district; Towns′man an inhabitant or fellow-inhabitant of a town.—n.pl. Towns′people townsfolk.—ns. Town′-talk the general talk of a town: the subject of common conversation; Town′y a townsman.

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