town
镇,城镇,镇上,城市
Related Words
Definitions
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- : a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- : a densely populated area of considerable size, as a city or borough.
- : a municipal corporation with less elaborate organization and powers than a city.
- : a township.
- : any urban area, as contrasted with its surrounding countryside.
- : the inhabitants of a town; townspeople; citizenry.
- : the particular town or city in mind or referred to: living on the outskirts of town; to be out of town.
- : a nearby or neighboring city; the chief town or city in a district: I am staying at a friend's apartment in town.
- : the main business or shopping area in a town or city; downtown.
- : British. a village or hamlet in which a periodic market or fair is held.any village or hamlet.
- : Scot. a farmstead.
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- : of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or belonging to a town: town laws; town government; town constable.
Phrases
- town and gown
- all over the place (town)
- ghost town
- go to town
- man about town
- one-horse town
- only game in town
- on the town
- out of town
- paint the town red
- talk of the town
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Helping revive small towns isn’t minor league baseball’s only upside.
Every week, anywhere from one to five individuals will show up from each town, with each outcome equally likely.
On Tuesday, Hancock’s health department issued its latest localized coronavirus restrictions, this time affecting the town of Bolton, near Manchester in the North of England.
When your legs need a rest, there’s year-round climbing within an hour of town.
Connell says most of his friends do work but that could be because he lives in a ski resort town with more jobs for teenagers than elsewhere.
Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
Their bodies were later found incinerated and buried in mass graves outside of town.
The sheriff charged them with truancy, and then he and his officers ran them out of town.
Some of the streets in this part of the town have seen large scale-destruction.
The town, known in Arabic as Ayn al-Arab, is so significant to ISIS that the group calls it Ayn al-Islam.
The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
The garrison of the town and fortress was nearly three thousand strong.
"I don't know whether I am going to like this or not--this coming to live in town," thought the little pig.
Of course it is only the hardiest Ferns which can be expected to grow well in the town garden.
The sun was shining when they arrived at Salon, the gayest, the most coquettish, the most laughing little town in Provence.