town

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtaʊ̯n/|[ˈtʰaʊ̯n]    美 /ˈtaʊ̯n/|[ˈtʰaʊ̯n]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century) countable,uncountable
    — This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.
  2. Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference. countable,uncountable
    — I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight.
  3. A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week. UK,countable,historical,uncountable
  4. The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university. countable,uncountable
  5. Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion. colloquial,countable,uncountable
    — Call me when you get to town.
  6. A major city, especially one where the speaker is located. countable,uncountable
    — There's always a business theme, even underlying happy hours. You're never off the clock in this town.
  7. A townhouse. countable,informal,uncountable
    — Detached houses always sell faster than towns or semis.
  8. A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part. countable,uncountable
  9. An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the domain. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  10. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. Scotland,UK,countable,dialectal,obsolete

词形变化

towns plural tahn alternative tawn alternative toon alternative,Northumbria toune alternative,obsolete towne alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

上位词
settlement
衍生词
English terms starting with agrotown assize town bad part of town bedroom town bedtown big end of town birthtown blow town book town boom town boomtown B-town bytown Campbell Town cathedral town churchtown clone town closed town coal town college town come upon the town commuter town company town county town cowtown cow town cross town cross-town crosstown cybertown darktown dog town dormitory town down-town downtown ecotown Elizabeth Town Flo-Town fortified town garrison town gentleman about town get out of town ghost town go-to-town go to town go to town on gray town hat town hill town hilltown hog town hometown home town intertown in town in-town intown jerkwater town kirktown kirk-town leave town man-about-town man about town market town midtown mining town model town monotown multitown new kid in town new town no brown in town oldtown old town one-blink town one-camel town one-horse town only game in town on the town O-town out-of-town out of town paint the town paint the town red panchayat town paper town park the beef bus in tuna town Pitt Town Pitt Town Bottoms post town pound town P-town Radio Town resort town run out of town satellite town shacktown shantytown shanty town shire town skip town smalltown small town small-town spa town stannary town sundowner town sundown town sunset town take someone to brown town take to pound town talk of the town tank town there is a new sheriff in town Tiger Town toast of the town top end of town town and gown town-and-gown town ball townball town belt town bicycle town bike town-building game town camp town car town center town centre town clerk town-clerk town council town councillor town cress town crier Town Crow town drunk towndweller town dweller town-dweller towned townee towner townfield townfolk townful town gas town hall townhall townhome townhood town house townhouse townie townish townland townless townlet townlike townling townly town mail townman town manager townmate town mayor town meeting town planner town planning townscape townselike townsfellow townsfolk township townsite townsman townsmate townspeople townsperson town square townswoman town twinning town walls townward townwards townwear townwide towny transition town Troy town twin town university town uptown Violet Town wich town woman about town woman of the town wrong side of town Zoom town
相关词
suburban rural urban

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós?
Proto-Celtic *dūnombor.
Proto-Germanic *tūną
Proto-West Germanic *tūn
Old English tūn
Middle English toun
English town
Inherited from Middle English toun, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós (“lasting, durable”), from *dewh₂- (“to last”) + *-nós.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tuun (“garden”), West Frisian tún (“enclosure, garden”), Dutch tuin (“garden”), German Low German Tuun (“fence”), German Zaun (“fence”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tun (“yard”); also archaic Welsh din (“hill”), Irish dún (“fortress”). Doublet of dun. See also -ton and tine (“to enclose”).
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