听声词典

town

T 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [taʊn]
  • 美式音标 [taʊn]
  • 国际音标 [taun]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 城镇，市镇；市内商业区
  • n. (Town)人名；(英)汤

词源解说

  • 直接源自古英语的tun，意为庄园。

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    towny：城里的；城市生活的。
  • n性质的同根词
    township：镇区；小镇。

用法辨析

    n. (名词)

  • town的基本意思是“镇,集〔市〕镇”,一般指大于乡村(village)、小于城市(city)的“城镇”,是可数名词。
  • town也可指居住于一城镇的“全体居民”,此时为集合名词,常与定冠词the连用,只用于单数形式。当其作主语时,句子中的谓语动词可用单数形式,也可用复数形式。
  • town也可作“市区,商业区,闹市”“(一个地区的)主要城市”解,此时是不可数名词,一般不与冠词连用。其前常加down, in, into, to等词,表示“往〔在,到〕城里”。in town在英式英语里常指“在伦敦”。
  • the town有时还可指“都市生活”。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • The town lies on a hill.
    这城市位于小山上。

词组短语

    用作名词 (n.)

    动词+～

  • blow town 突然离开城市
  • build a town 修建一个城镇
  • come to town 到市区,到场,露面
  • destroy a town 摧毁一个城镇
  • develop a town 发展一个城镇

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • 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

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A town is a place with streets and buildings, where people live and work. Towns are larger than neighbourhoods and smaller than cities. In informal English, cities are sometimes called towns.
  • You can use the town to refer to the people of a town.
  • You use town in order to refer to the town where you live.
  • You use town in order to refer to the central area of a town where most of the stores and offices are.
  • &rarrsee also downtown , uptown

专业释义

    经济学

  • 小城镇

    Small city and town road?
    以小城镇为主？

    土木建筑工程

  • 小城镇

    Small town environment planning is based on the above proposed reality.
    小城镇生态环境规划就是基于以上现实而提出的。

  • 城镇名
  • 城镇镇

    • 历史学

  • 市镇

    Nevertheless,Hankou was still a feudal commercial town at that time. Its process of modernization hadn’t been initiated.
    但当时的汉口仍是一个封建性的商业市镇,其现代化的进程并未启动。

    地球科学

  • 城镇
  • 镇

    • 管理学

  • 镇