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town centre (main commercial or business area of a town) noun [UK: taʊn ˈsen.tə(r)] [US: ˈtaʊn ˈsen.tər] | |
town hall (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) noun [UK: taʊn hɔːl] [US: ˈtaʊn ˈhɒl] | 大会堂 /dàhuìtáng/noun 大會堂noun |
town walls (wall surrounding a town) noun | 鎮牆noun 镇墙 /zhènqiáng/noun |
townhouse (house in an urban setting) noun [UK: ˈtaʊn.ˌhɑːws] [US: ˈtaʊn.ˌhɑːws] | 聯排別墅noun |
townlet (a small town) noun [UK: tˈaʊnlət] [US: tˈaʊnlət] | 鎮noun 鎮區noun 镇 /zhèn/noun 镇区 /zhènqū/noun |
township [townships] (territory of a town) noun [UK: ˈtaʊn.ʃɪp] [US: ˈtaʊn.ˌʃɪp] | 鎮區noun 镇区 /zhènqū/noun |
townsman [townsmen] (male resident of a town) noun [UK: ˈtaʊnz.mən] [US: ˈtaʊnz.mən] | 市民 /shìmín/noun |
townspeople [townspeople] (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city) noun [UK: ˈtaʊnz.piːp.l̩] [US: ˈtaʊnz.ˌpip.l̩] | 市民 /shìmín/noun |
to whom it may concern (phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient) phrase [UK: tuː huːm ɪt meɪ kən.ˈsɜːn] [US: ˈtuː ˈhuːm ˈɪt ˈmeɪ kən.ˈsɝːn] | 敬启者 /jìngqǐzhě/phrase 敬啟者phrase |
to wit (namely, specifically) adverb [UK: tuː wɪt] [US: ˈtuː ˈwɪt] | 即 /jí/adverb |
bath towel (towel for drying the body) noun | 浴巾 /yùjīn/noun |
beach towel (towel used at the beach) noun [UK: biːtʃ ˈtaʊəl] [US: ˈbiːtʃ ˈtaʊəl] | 沙灘毛巾noun |
bell tower (tower in which a bell (or set of bells) is hung; a belfry) noun [UK: bel ˈtaʊə(r)] [US: ˈbel ˈtaʊər] | 鍾塔noun 鐘樓noun 钟塔 /zhōngtǎ/noun 钟楼 /zhōnglóu/noun |
bestow [bestowed, bestowing, bestows] (to present a thing as a gift or honour) verb [UK: bɪ.ˈstəʊ] [US: bəˈsto.ʊ] | sìgěi/verb 賜給verb 赐给 /cìgěiverb |
Bridgetown (capital of Barbados) proper noun [UK: ˈbrɪʤ.ˌtɑːwn] [US: ˈbrɪʤ.ˌtɑːwn] | 布里奇敦 /Bùlǐqídūn/proper noun 桥镇 /Qiáozhèn/proper noun 橋鎮proper noun |
Cape Town (legislative capital of South Africa) proper noun [UK: keɪp taʊn] [US: ˈkeɪp ˈtaʊn] | 开普敦 /Kāipǔdūn/proper noun 開普敦proper noun |
Chinatown (a Chinese district outside China) noun [UK: ˈtʃaɪ.nə.ˌtɑːwn] [US: ˈtʃaɪ.nə.ˌtɑːwn] | 中國城noun 华埠 /huábù/noun 唐人街 /tángrénjiē/noun 牛車水noun 牛车水 /niúchēshuǐ/noun 華埠noun |