词汇 | town |
释义 | town noun uk/taʊn/ us/taʊn/ A1 [ C or U ]城镇,市镇 a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than a city a seaside/coastal town 海滨城镇 a fishing/mining/industrial town 渔业/矿业/工业城镇 He was born in the small town of Castleford, in Yorkshire. 他出生于约克郡的卡斯尔福德小镇。 We stayed in the best hotel in town. 我们住在镇上最好的旅馆里。 the main road into/out of town 进/出城的主要公路 See also: downtown adjective adverb hometownuptown A2 [ S or U ] mainly UK(市内)商业区 the part of a town where most of the businesses are I'm going into/to town at lunchtime to do some shopping. 午饭时我要到商业区去买些东西。 I met Charles while I was in town. 我在城里的商业区遇见了查尔斯。 Compare: downtown [ U ] UK(某国或某地区的)中心城市,都会 the most important city or town in a country or area We went up to town to see a play. 我们进城去看戏。 Many people commute into town (= London) from Essex. 许多人从埃塞克斯到伦敦城里去上班。 B1 [ U ] mainly US居住(或工作)之地 the place where you live or work I'm leaving town for a few days. 我要离开这里几天。 Barbara is out of town on business this week. 芭芭拉本周出差了。 the town[ S ] [ + sing/pl verb ]全体镇民(或市民) the people who live in the town The whole town is/are hoping that their team will win the final tomorrow. 全镇的人都希望本镇的足球队在明天的决赛中获胜。
Idioms go to townidiom (尤指大量花钱地)精心操持,大操大办 to do something in a detailed and enthusiastic way, especially by spending a lot of money They've really gone to town on their wedding. 他们花大价钱精心操办了婚礼。 on the townidiom 去城里的娱乐场所玩乐 enjoying yourself by going to places of entertainment in a town or city I was out on the town/I had a night on the town last night, and I'm exhausted! 我昨晚去城里玩了一个晚上,现在累坏了! |
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