town n. 1.镇,市镇,城镇〔狭义:大于 village (村)而非 city(市)的地方。广义:和 country (乡村)相对而言时,不独 city和 borough (自治市),连 urban district 市(区)亦可称为 town。有 market 或 fair (市集)的小于 urban district 的村落,亦称为town。 美国 New England 各州把相当于 city,无行政机关,仅有 town meeting 的自治市称为town;其他各州的 town 则相当于 township 的 2. 义〕。 2.〔the town 〕 城镇居民;全体居民。 3.〔不用冠词〕城市;市区,商业中心区。 4.〔苏格兰语〕小农场内的房屋;〔方言〕村,小村庄;土拨鼠的巢。 a county town 县城。 the town (附近的)市镇;镇民,市民。 The whole town knows of it. 镇上的人没有一个不知道。carry a town 洗劫市镇。 come to town 到京里[城里]来;出现,登场;入伙;发迹,成功。go down town 〔美国〕到商业区去,买东西去;〔俚语〕成功。 go to town 1. 进京,上省,进城。 2. 〔美国〕去市区买东西;过浮华生活;会活动;有声望。 hit town 到达。 in town 在京城里,在省上[城里],〔英国〕在伦敦。 jump the town 逃亡。out of town 已离京[城市],〔英国〕不在伦敦;已到乡下。 n. 汤〔姓氏〕。
That starlet has once again became the talk of the town by capturing the headlines of various tabloids 那位颇具名气的年轻女艺人登上各小报头条,再次成为城中茶馀饭后话题。
The budget is a subject of such public concern it has become the talk of the town in february and march every year 市民对预算案的关注,已成为每年二三月间,大众茶馀饭后必然议论的焦点。
All these habits are so firmly rooted that he cannot drop them without appearing to be ruined and becoming the talk of the town 一般说一个这样的人总是结过婚的,他有孩子,要跑马,要赌钱,要旅行,谁知道他还要干些什么!
In fact as many as 350 , 000 people enjoyed paula ' s ' 89 concerts . . . . and this had once been the talk of the town in hong kong 在八九年那一次,更创出三十五天内连续演出三十三场的骄人纪录,入场人数达三十五万之多,一度在城中传为佳话。
Take , for instance , information technology ( it ) , which is the talk of the town . the government has been doing quite well in this respect but i am convinced that it can do even better 就以近期最热门的科技发展为例子,本人认为政府可以从已掌握得不错的角色中,发挥得更好。
Western restaurant - all day dining with popular buffets fashioning all the favoured dishes as well as attractive a la carte . the innovative , bountiful and value for money dinner buffet is the talk of the town 西餐厅-位于酒店主楼二楼,一个轻松休闲,环境优雅的餐饮场所,为您提供本市一流的西式自助餐。
On sunday , while i was receiving calls on " the talk of the town " , your tenant , scott mcnicholas , called and told us that his aprtment has been without heat for nearly one week 这个星期日,当我正在接"城市话题"节目的听众来电时,你的房客史考特?麦克?尼古拉斯打来电话来告诉我们,他的房子已经将近一个星期没有暖气了。
It opened to great reviews and vivien became the talk of the town . right after christmas , she begin work on waterloo bridge , talking ballet lessons for a scene early on in the film , and voice lessons to improve her acting technique 影片引起巨大轰动,费雯丽成为人尽皆知的人物,圣诞节刚过,她即投入《魂断蓝桥》的拍摄,并为影片初始的情节学习芭蕾舞,参加声音培训班以提高演技。
The libraries are giving away free copies of just one title so that as many readers as possible can discuss the book , inspired by the success of similar " one book " projects in us and european cities , where books became the talk of the town , campaign organisers said (活动的筹办商说,图书馆仅免费派发一种图书,以争取更多读者讨论该书,这是效法欧美城市的一城一书计划,让一本书变成全城的热门话题。 )
First , it was strictly platonic till nature intervened and an attachment sprang up between them , till bit by bit matters came to a climax and the matter became the talk of the town till the staggering blow came as a welcome intelligence to not a few evildisposed however , who were resolved upon encouraging his downfall though the thing was public property all along though not to anything like the sensational extent that it subsequently blossomed into 对于为数不少的居心险恶执意要使他垮台的人们来说,那可是个求之不得的消息。此事一直是个公开的秘密,然而并没有达到后来渲染成的那样耸人听闻的程度。既然他们二人的名字已经连结在一起,既然她已经公开承认他是她的心上人,还有什么必要从房顶上来向民众宣布呢?