town基本解释
n.城市;城镇;(某一城镇的)居民;商业区
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第三人称复数:towns
n.城市;城镇;(某一城镇的)居民;商业区
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第三人称复数:towns
noun
1. the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
e.g. the whole town cheered the team
Synonym: townspeopletownsfolk
2. an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
e.g. they drive through town on their way to work
3. an administrative division of a county
e.g. the town is responsible for snow removal
Synonym: township
1. 镇;市镇;城镇
A town is a place with many streets and buildings, where people live and work. Towns are larger than villages and smaller than cities. Many places that are called towns in Britain would be called cities in the United States.
e.g. ...Saturday night in the small town of Braintree, Essex...
埃塞克斯郡布伦特里小镇的周六之夜
e.g. Parking can be tricky in the town centre.
在市镇中心停车可能会挺费事。
2. 自己居住的城镇
You use town in order to refer to the town where you live.
e.g. He admits he doesn't even know when his brother is in town...
他承认自己甚至不知道弟弟什么时候来了本市。
e.g. She left town.
她离开了自己生活的城镇。
3. 市中心;(城镇的)商业中心;闹市区
You use town in order to refer to the central area of a town where most of the shops and offices are.
e.g. I walked around town...
我在市中心逛了逛。
e.g. I caught a bus into town.
我赶上辆公交车去了市中心。
4. (与农村相对的)城市,都会
If you refer to the town, you are referring to town and city areas in general, as opposed to country areas.
e.g. More people are going to want to escape from the town into the country…
更多的人将会想要逃离城市到乡村去。
e.g. It had the advantages of town and country combined.
它兼具都市与乡村的优势。
5. see also: ghost town;hometown;new town
6. 满腔热情地干;拼命地干
If you say that someone goes to town on something, you mean that they deal with it with a lot of enthusiasm or intensity.
e.g. We really went to town on it, turning it into a full, three-day show...
我们下了真功夫,把它办成了一场内容丰富、为时三天的展览。
e.g. The papers got hold of it and went to town on it…
报纸抓住这件事大做文章。
7. 社交忙人;花花公子/时髦女郎
If you describe someone as a man about town or a woman about town, you mean that they are sophisticated, like to go out and spend money, and have a busy social life.
town的解释
e.g. He was known as a tall, handsome man about town…
他以高大英俊的花花公子形象为人所知。
e.g. He is an old flame of Sarah's, from her days as a single girl about town.
他是萨拉的旧情人,是她作为单身时髦女郎时的旧爱。
8. (夜晚)在闹市区玩乐
If you go out on the town or go for a night on the town, you enjoy yourself by going to a town centre in the evening and spending a long time there visiting several places of entertainment.
e.g. My idea of luxury used to be going out on the town and coming back in the early hours of the morning...
我过去对奢侈的概念是夜晚在闹市通宵玩乐到清晨才回来。
e.g. Last Saturday, I was out on the town with my mate…
上个星期六我和老友晚上去闹市玩乐了。
请客
A:I really enjoyed the lunch.
这顿饭我吃得好高兴。
town的近义词
B:Yes, let‘s do it again real soon.
是啊,让我们不久再一起用餐吧。
A:I‘ll be back in town next month.
我下个月会再回这里来。
town的解释
B:Good, I‘ll invite you out when you‘re here.
好极了,等你来的时候,请再接受我的招待。
1. on the town : 在城里寻欢作乐, 过男盗女娼的生活;
2. go to town : 进城;
3. come to town : 到城里;
In time to catch the next train up to Town.
出自:J. S. WinterIn the little town of Kail..there were three..markets.
出自:A. GordonHe had gone into town.
出自:D. LessingDown the steep hill into the centre of town.
出自:Day LewisThe new light feels like more than enough for the town's sun-starved residents.
对于渴望阳光的居民来说, 这种新的光线已经足够了。
2019全国卷3
Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight.
繁荣的城镇几乎在一夜之间从无到有。
2018全国卷3
I'm new in town.
我是镇上新来的。
2017全国卷1
I think almost all the people in the town were there.
我想镇上几乎所有的人都在那里。
2019全国卷3
A town of culture award could, it is argued, become an annual event, attracting funding and creating jobs.
有人认为,文化小镇奖可能会成为一项年度活动,吸引资金并创造就业机会。
2020英语一
For the first time in history more people live in towns than in the country.
历史上第一次住在城镇的人比住在农村的人多。
2016英语一
He favours out-of-town shopping sites against high streets.
他喜欢远离街道的城外购物场所。
2016英语一