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    downtown查询结果如下:

    音标:[ˌdaʊn'taʊn]
    名词复数:downtowns 词频:高频常用词

    基本释义/说明:n.市中心区;市中心
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    a.
    市区的,商业区的,闹区的;
    downtown New York
    纽约市的商业区.
    a downtown movie theatre
    在闹区的电影院.
    ad.
    向(在)商业区;在市(闹)区;
    She has gone downtown shopping.
    她到市区(进城)买东西去了.
    图典解说
    Central district of a city where the main cultural, economic and commercial activities are carried o...
    主要从事文化、经济和商业活动的城市中心区
    -扩展释义
    扩展解释:
    ad.1. 在(或往)城市的商业区,a.1. 城市商业区的[B]n.1. 城市商业区,闹区[C]
    n. 【计算机】
    商业区的
    -downtown的不同词性形态

    形容词 变体/同根词

    (often in combination) Characteristic of a (certain type of) town.
    “Coming into town off of Route 54, the road gradually gives way to more townish features.”
    “I’ve been trying to give the new roommate some townish advice like that.”
    “Bermuda is unlike any other tropical island I’ve ever been to because most of them are all a bit shanty townish.”
    Characteristic of a hometown; having or giving a hometown feel
    “It was all very neighborly and hometownish, in that rural desert area, and the operators were all so very friendly.”
    Characteristic of a town.
    Towards a town.
    Without a town or towns.

    名词 变体/同根词

    townsfolk
    Someone from downtown
    “The ad’s author is Helen, an artsy downtowner whose propensity to date three men at once doesn’t offer her emotional or sexual satisfaction.”
    “Another downtowner that opened strong is Hyde Park Steakhouse, part of a high-end chain based in Cleveland.”
    “Bursten has created a handful of businesses, including the weekly newspaper The Downtowner.”
    A town-dweller; townsman
    As many people as a town can hold.
    hometown的异体字
    “His was a late night show and medium wave radio from Britain only reached my home town on the continent after dark.”
    “In his time, Ken has seen his work adorn everything from gable end walls in his home town to the jumbo jets of the Virgin airline.”
    “Taking my drink and bag of food, I go to eat my meal at the waterfront and drink in the taste of my home town.”

    动词 变体/同根词

    (transitive) To design and lay out (buildings) as a town.
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