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town noun 1place with many streets and buildings 城镇ADJECTIVE | VERB + TOWN | TOWN + VERB | TOWN + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEbig, large, major 大城镇little, small, tiny (especially NAmE) 小城镇nearby, neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding 附近的城镇ancient, historic, medieval, old 古镇；中世纪的城镇；古老的城镇new 新城镇◆It was built as a new town in the 1960s. (BrE) 这是在 20 世纪 60 年代建立的新城镇。company (especially NAmE) , factory (especially NAmE) , farm (especially NAmE) , industrial, mill, mining 公司／工厂／农场／工业／采矿小镇◆a 19th-century mill town that used to produce cotton19 世纪生产棉制品的工业小镇busy 繁忙的城镇◆a busy market town繁忙的集镇boom, thriving 繁荣的城镇◆Rio was a boom town and trade was thriving.里约热内卢是一个繁荣的城市，贸易蓬勃发展。◆a thriving mining town繁荣的采矿小镇dusty, sleepy 尘土飞扬的／死气沉沉的小镇◆the dusty border town of Eagle Pass, Texas伊格尔帕斯，得克萨斯州一个尘土飞扬的边境小镇◆a sleepy provincial town in southern France法国南部一个冷清的小镇remote 偏僻的小镇country, provincial, rural 乡间小镇；首都以外的城镇county (BrE) 郡首府◆Exeter, the county town of Devon埃克赛特，德文郡首府home, native 家乡小镇◆She has gone back to live in her home town.她已经回到她的故乡去生活了。border, frontier 边境城镇mountain, prairie (especially NAmE) 山区／草原小镇beach (especially NAmE) , coastal, seaside (especially BrE) 海滩／沿海／海滨城镇◆the sun-drenched beach towns of Southern California沐浴着阳光的南加州海滩小镇holiday (BrE) , resort 度假城；度假胜地cathedral, college (NAmE) , market, university (especially BrE) 教区总教堂所在地；学院城；贸易集镇；大学城dormitory (BrE) , satellite 郊外住宅区；卫星城fortified 设防的城镇◆Kitzbühel is an ancient fortified town.基茨比厄尔是一个筑有要塞的古镇。shanty 贫民窟ghost 鬼城；被废弃的城镇◆It's been a ghost town since the gold rush ended.淘金热结束后，这个城市就被废弃了。twin (BrE) 姊妹城◆Darlington's twin town of Amiens达灵顿的姊妹城，亚眠城VERB + TOWNbuild, found 建立城镇live in 生活在城镇◆How many people live in the town?有多少人生活在城里？get out of, leave, move out of, skip (informal, especially NAmE) 离开城镇；搬离城镇◆He left town yesterday for a conference in Cape Town.他昨天离城去开普敦出席一个会议。◆They wanted to move out of town and start a new life in the country.他们想搬离城市去乡村开始新的生活。surround 环绕镇子◆the rolling hills that surround the town环绕着镇子的连绵起伏的丘陵TOWN + VERBflourish, grow 城镇繁荣／发展TOWN + NOUNcentre (BrE) 城市中心hall, square, walls 市政厅；市政广场；城墙council （尤指英国的）镇委员会meeting 市民大会life 城镇生活planning 城镇规划PREPOSITIONin town 在城里◆They'll be back in town tomorrow.他们将于明天返城。out of town 不在城里◆I was out of town last week.上星期我去外地了。◆an out-of-town superstore市区外的大型商场outside (the) town 在城外◆a lake just outside the town城外的湖PHRASESthe centre/center of (the) town, the middle of (the) town 市镇中心the edge of (the) town, the outskirts of (the) town 市镇边缘／郊区from town to town 从一个城镇到另一个城镇◆I spent years moving from town to town.多年来，我从一个镇子搬到另一个镇子。 |