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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第1361页（436字）

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【释义】：

①镇，市镇：He was born in a small town．他出生在一个小镇上．narrow down gradually the difference between town and country逐步缩小城乡差别．a wellknown town 着名的城市．(注意：在英国 town 比city用的普遍，即使实际上是一个城市，英国人也往往把它叫 town)．②闹市，市区，附近的主要城市(在英国尤指伦敦)：go down town 到市区去．go to town to do some shopping到市区去买东西．a man about town 闲混日子的时髦人物．③(the town)镇民，市民：The whole town knows of it．全市都知道了．It’s the talk of the town．这是街谈巷议的话题．④(the town)市镇的通称．