vs.

    city 对比 town
    分析 词典对比 组词对比
    (1).中国译典 city town
    n.
    ①[C]城市,都市;市;
    图典解说
    Major urban center, characterized by a concentrated settlement whose activities revolve around indus...
    扩展解释:n. 【航空工程】
    城市,都市
    n. 【法律专业】
    市 ,城市
    n.
    1. 城市都市市[C]2. 全体市民全城居民[G]3. (大写)伦敦城(英国伦敦的市中心为全国金融商业等的中心)[the S]4. 【俚】(用于复合字加强用)境地;有...特征的人、事、物a.1. 城市的;都会的[Z][B]
    n.
    ①[C]镇;市镇;
    扩展解释:【法律专业】
    城市 ,市镇,镇
    n.
    1. 镇;市镇[C]2. (与农村相对而言)城市;都市生活[the S]3. 市区;市内商业区,中心区[U]4. 【英】伦敦[U]5. (全体)镇民,市民[the S][G]
    n. 【航空工程】
    城市,城镇;镇,市镇
    (2).维基词典 city town
    A large settlement, bigger than a town.
    A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
    The central business district; downtown.
    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.
    Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
    A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
    The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
    Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
    A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
    An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
    The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
    A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
    A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
    (3).牛津词典 city town
    a large town
    a town created a city by charter and usually containing a cathedral.
    a municipal centre incorporated by the state or province.
    a place or situation characterized by a specified attribute
    short for City of London
    the financial and commercial institutions located in the City of London
    (4).韦伯斯特词典 city town
    A large town.
    A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.
    The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.
    Of or pertaining to a city.
    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.
    Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
    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.
    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.
    A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
    The court end of London; - commonly with the.
    The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
    A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
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