towns

英 [taʊnz]

美 [taʊnz]

n.  镇; 市镇; 集镇; (某一市镇的)居民，市民; (城镇的)商业区
town的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 镇;市镇；城镇
  Atownis 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.
  1. ...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
  2. Parking can be tricky in the town centre.
     在市镇中心停车可能会挺费事。
  3. You can usethe townto refer to the people of a town.
     全体镇民;全体市民
  4. The town takes immense pride in recent achievements.
     全镇人对近来取得的成就都感到非常自豪。
• N-UNCOUNT 自己居住的城镇
  You usetownin order to refer to the town where you live.
  1. 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。
  2. She left town.
     她离开了自己生活的城镇。
  3. …attractive and fun loving Americans, new to town.
     刚来镇上的富有魅力、寻求乐趣的美国人
• N-UNCOUNT 市中心;(城镇的)商业中心；闹市区
  You usetownin order to refer to the central area of a town where most of the shops and offices are.
  1. I walked around town...
     我在市中心逛了逛。
  2. I caught a bus into town.
     我赶上辆公交车去了市中心。
• N-SING (与农村相对的)城市，都会
  If you refer tothe town, you are referring to town and city areas in general, as opposed to country areas.
  1. 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。
  2. It had the advantages of town and country combined.
     它兼具都市与乡村的优势。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 the city


• See also:ghost townhometownnew town
• PHRASE 满腔热情地干;拼命地干
  If you say that someonegoes to townon something, you mean that they deal with it with a lot of enthusiasm or intensity.
  1. 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。
  2. The papers got hold of it and went to town on it…
     报纸抓住这件事大做文章。
  3. With £800 spending money for each couple, you can really go to town!
     每对人有 800 英镑的零花钱，你们真正可以大把花钱了！
• PHRASE 社交忙人;花花公子/时髦女郎
  If you describe someone as aman about townor awoman about town, you mean that they are sophisticated, like to go out and spend money, and have a busy social life.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE (夜晚)在闹市区玩乐
  If you go outon the townor go for a nighton 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Tim was just arriving home from a long night on the town.
     蒂姆在外面玩了一宿，刚刚到家。

双语例句

• Building more motorways and bypasses will help the environment by reducing pollution and traffic jams in towns and cities
  建造更多的高速公路和绕城道路能够减少城镇中的污染和交通堵塞，有利于改善环境。
• Many towns often found it politic to change their allegiance.
  很多城镇经常发现改变拥戴对象才是上策。
• These gases pollute the atmosphere of towns and cities.
  这些气体污染了城镇的空气。
• The wine towns encountered are, on the whole, quiet and modest.
  所到的酒镇总的来说都是宁静祥和的。
• She moaned and croaked over sailors, and sea-port towns, and stormy weather.
  她在叽叽咕咕地埋怨着水手，海岸上的城市，大风大雨的天气。
• Reports are coming in of the forcible resettlement of villagers from the countryside into towns.
  不断有报道称村民被强制从农村迁入城镇定居。
• It is little known, unsung and one of the grandest little towns you could ever wish to see.
  它虽然名不见经传，但却是不可错过的最具恢宏气象的小镇之一。
• The war wrecked many towns and cities.
  战争破坏了很多城市。
• In many towns parking is allowed only on one side of the street
  很多小镇只允许将车停在街道的一侧。
• the great triangle of the Lancashire textile towns, stretching from Manchester up as far as Burnley and across to Accrington.
  兰开夏郡的纺织城镇形成的大三角地带，从曼彻斯特向北至伯恩利，再从伯恩利西至阿克灵顿