| 词组 | town |
| 释义 | town /taʊn/ noun a large area with houses, shops, offices etc where people live and work, that is smaller than a city and larger than a villageadjectives/nouns + towna big/large/major town The nearest big town is 20 miles away.a small/little town He was born in Cottonwood, a small town in Idaho County.a busy/bustling town The town was busy even in November.a quiet town Cannigione is a quiet little town with a few shops, restaurants, and cafés.a sleepy town (=very quiet, with not much happening) Johnson grew up in the sleepy retirement town of Asheville.a ghost town (=one that used to have a lot of people living and working there but now has very few) The town is in danger of becoming a ghost town if local businesses and factories close.sb’s home town/hometown (=the town where someone was born) He was buried in his home town of Keene.a historic/ancient town Visitors can go on a tour of this historic town.an industrial town Thousands moved to the new industrial towns to work in the mills.a coastal town The company is based in the English coastal town of Workington.a seaside town (=one on the coast, especially one where people go for holidays) Many young people look for seasonal work in seaside towns.a provincial town (=one that is not near the capital) His family moved to the provincial town of San Miguel.a market town (=a town in Britain where there is a regular outdoor market) The pretty market town of Ashbourne is only nine miles away.a university town You will have a chance to visit the ancient university town of St Andrew’s.a border town He was attacked in his home in the Irish border town of Dundalk.a new town (=one of several towns built in Britain since 1946) The design of Milton Keynes and other new towns proved unpopular.town + nounsthe town centre BrE the town center AmE The hotel was right in the town center.town planning/planner The approach to town planning changed in the 1950s. | Britain’s architects and town planners have helped to make the town what it is today.prepositionsthe town of sth (=used when saying the name of a town) The Swiss town of Montreux hosts an international jazz festival every year.in town (=visiting a town or city) You must come and stay with us when you’re next in town.out-of-town (=outside the centre of a town) They are planning to build a huge out-of-town development with shops and apartments.phrasesthe outskirts of a town (=the part near the edge) It was six o’clock when she reached the outskirts of the town.towns and cities/towns and villages In towns and cities across Britain, there has been an increase in the number of homeless people. | There are several pretty towns and villages which hold open-air markets. |
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