townscape

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A view of a town, or a subjective image of a town
    — In the latter years of its existence, BR was rationalising its estate by pulling down station buildings which were too large for its modern operational needs, or by shutting off parts of them when demolition was not an option. Kilmarnock station falls into this latter category. It dominates the townscape, but its operational importance has seriously diminished since electrification of the West Coast Main Line.
  2. A depiction of an urban scene
动词 v.
  1. To design and lay out (buildings) as a town. transitive
    — But the houses are so delicious and the way they're townscaped on to hilly bits is absolutely wonderful.

词形变化

townscapes plural townscapes present,singular,third-person townscaping participle,present townscaped participle,past townscaped past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English town
English landscapebf.
English -scape
English townscape
From town + -scape.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English town
English landscapebf.
English -scape
English townscape
From town + -scape.
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