maggie13050
town[英][taʊn] [美][taʊn] 生词本简明释义n.城镇，市镇；小村庄；城镇居民；商业中心复数：towns易混淆的单词：Town以下结果由 金山词霸 提供柯林斯高阶英汉词典 短语词组 同反义词1.N-COUNT镇；市镇；城镇A town is a place with many streets and buildings, where people live and work. Towns are larger than villages and smaller than cities. Many places that are called towns in Britain would be called cities in the United States. ...Saturday night in the small town of Braintree, Essex...埃塞克斯郡布伦特里小镇的周六之夜Parking can be tricky in the town centre.在市镇中心停车可能会挺费事。
hylandstar
city，读音：英 ['sɪti] 美 ['sɪti]
n. 城市；都市；全体市民；特许市；特权市
词汇搭配：
1、beautify a city 美化城市
2、build a city 建设城市
4、develop a city 发展城市
5、live in the city 住在城市
常见句型：
1、This city has everything that one could wish for except good weather.
这座城市里应有尽有,就是没有好天气。
2、I tried to get any kind of job but it seemed that the whole city had closed the door on me.
我想随便找个工作干,但整个城市看来都拒不接受我。
3、London, Paris and New York are all large cities.
伦敦、巴黎和纽约都是大城市。
4、The fighting reduced the city to a shambles.
这场战斗使这座城市成了一片废墟。
词义辨析
city, town
这两个词的共同意思是“城市”或“城镇”。其区别在于:
1、city一般指规模较大或较重要的城市; town则一般指比city规模较小的城镇。
2、city在美国比在英国更常用,大小相当于英国的town的市镇在美国都可以叫做 city ; 而town则在英国比在美国更常用,一个在美国可以称之为city的都市,在英国仍可叫做town。
3、town有时也可指城市的商业中心区,还可用以指整个城镇居民。
例如:The whole town knew of it.全城(居民)都知道这件事。
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