Town
[taʊn]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Village, HAMLET, place, BOROUGH.[2]. City, metropolis.[3]. Court end (of London).[4]. [Local, U. S.] Township.
錄入:泰茜
解釋/意思:
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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例句/造句/用法:
- What a fine town but how the _buena gente_, the good people of that town, have suffered in this war. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I counted a' th' clocks in the town striking afore I'd leave my work. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- But when they came to the town into Frances Street, the girl stopped a minute, and said, 'Yo'll not forget yo're to come and see us. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- But pray, Colonel, how came you to conjure out that I should be in town today? 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- In those in which they take place, and are in farm, there are many local duties which do not extend beyond a particular town or district. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The forest of oak trees on the mountain beyond the town was gone. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- She had some guilty reason for going to the town secretly. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- We needn't make it known to ALL the town. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- At the foot of this slant is the walled town of Gibraltar--or rather the town occupies part of the slant. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- They rested on some straw in a loft until the middle of the night, and then rode forward again when all the town was asleep. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to-day upon some most important business. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- In Middlemarch a wife could not long remain ignorant that the town held a bad opinion of her husband. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Sherman paid no attention at all to the overture, but pushed forward and took the town without making any conditions whatever with its citizens. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- If they, too, proved unable to assist me, my resources for the present were at an end, and I might return to town. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Houston lived some distance from the town and generally went home late at night, having to pass through a dark cypress swamp over a corduroy road. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I believe I could make an independent fortune in a few years if I devoted myself exclusively to portraits, so great is the desire for good portraits in the different country towns. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Upon the main caravan routes the chief towns rose to a certain second-rate prosperity, and foremost among them were Medina and Mecca. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I don't think Fifth-of-Novembers ought to be kept up by night except in towns. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The principal productions of these towns,' says Mr. Pickwick, 'appear to be soldiers, sailors, Jews, chalk, shrimps, officers, and dockyard men. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- At the various towns there were corresponding crowds. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- There you will find great towns, rich provinces, honour, glory, riches. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- We had customers in all the little towns in south-west Wisconsin, south-east Minnesota and north-east Iowa. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I knew that if the same excitement was attained at the various small towns along the road, and especially at Port Huron, the sale of papers would be great. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The greater part of it was laid upon the country; and of what was laid upon the towns, the greater part was assessed upon the houses. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The Edison system of lighting was as beautifully conceived down to the very details, and as thoroughly worked out as if it had been tested for decades in various towns. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In small towns and country villages, on account of the narrowness of the market, trade cannot always be extended as stock extends. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- But I wonder what happens in the other towns. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- They had no use whatever for the towns. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The small garrisons were drawn from the various towns and fortresses, and went to swell the main army. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- We passed through several towns, and in one, a very large one, the coach stopped; the horses were taken out, and the passengers alighted to dine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
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