town 音标拼音: [t'ɑʊn]
n . 城,镇,城市,都市,市区
城,镇,城市,都市,市区
town n 1 :
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city ; "
they drive through town on their way to work "
2 :
the people living in a municipality smaller than a city ; "
the whole town cheered the team " [
synonym : {
town }, {
townspeople },
{
townsfolk }]
3 :
an administrative division of a county ; "
the town is responsible for snow removal " [
synonym : {
township }, {
town }]
4 :
United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (
1784 -
1844 ) [
synonym : {
Town },
{
Ithiel Town }]
Town \
Town \ (
toun ),
n . [
OE .
toun ,
tun ,
AS .
tun inclosure ,
fence ,
village ,
town ;
akin to D .
tuin a garden ,
G .
zaun a hadge ,
fence ,
OHG .
zun ,
Icel .
tun an inclosure ,
homestead ,
house ,
Ir . &
Gael .
dun a fortress ,
W .
din .
Cf . {
Down },
adv . &
prep .,
{
Dune }, {
tine }
to inclose .]
1 .
Formerly :
(
a )
An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor . [
Obs .]
(
b )
The whole of the land which constituted the domain .
[
Obs .]
(
c )
A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls .
[
Obs .] --
Palsgrave .
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2 .
Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market ,
and which is not a city or the see of a bishop . [
Eng .] --
Johnson .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Any collection of houses larger than a village ,
and not incorporated as a city ;
also ,
loosely ,
any large ,
closely populated place ,
whether incorporated or not ,
in distinction from the country ,
or from rural communities .
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God made the country ,
and man made the town .
--
Cowper .
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4 .
The body of inhabitants resident in a town ;
as ,
the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature ;
the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways .
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5 .
A township ;
the whole territory within certain limits ,
less than those of a country . [
U .
S .]
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6 .
The court end of London ; --
commonly with the .
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7 .
The metropolis or its inhabitants ;
as ,
in winter the gentleman lives in town ;
in summer ,
in the country .
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Always hankering after the diversions of the town .
--
Addison .
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Stunned with his giddy larum half the town . --
Pope .
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Note :
The same form of expressions is used in regard to other populous towns .
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8 .
A farm or farmstead ;
also ,
a court or farmyard . [
Prov .
Eng . &
Scot .]
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Note :
Town is often used adjectively or in combination with other words ;
as ,
town clerk ,
or town -
clerk ;
town -
crier ,
or town crier ;
townhall ,
town -
hall ,
or town hall ;
townhouse ,
town house ,
or town -
house .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Village ;
hamlet .
See {
Village }.
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{
Town clerk },
an office who keeps the records of a town ,
and enters its official proceedings .
See {
Clerk }.
{
Town cress } (
Bot .),
the garden cress ,
or peppergrass . --
Dr .
Prior .
{
Town house }.
(
a )
A house in town ,
in distinction from a house in the country .
(
b )
See {
Townhouse }.
{
Town meeting },
a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town entitled to vote ,
for the transaction of public bisiness .
[
U .
S .]
{
Town talk },
the common talk of a place ;
the subject or topic of common conversation .
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1913 Webster ]
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
town ":
Kreis ,
archbishopric ,
archdiocese ,
arrondissement ,
bailiwick ,
bishopric ,
borough ,
burgh ,
burghal ,
canton ,
citified ,
city ,
civic ,
commune ,
community ,
congressional district ,
constablewick ,
county ,
departement ,
diocese ,
district ,
downtown ,
duchy ,
electoral district ,
electorate ,
government ,
hamlet ,
hundred ,
interurban ,
magistracy ,
metropolis ,
metropolitan ,
metropolitan area ,
midtown ,
municipal ,
municipality ,
oblast ,
okrug ,
oppidan ,
parish ,
precinct ,
principality ,
province ,
region ,
riding ,
sheriffalty ,
sheriffwick ,
shire ,
shrievalty ,
soke ,
stake ,
state ,
suburban ,
territory ,
township ,
uptown ,
urban ,
village ,
wapentake ,
ward
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