Town

(noun.) the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; 'the whole town cheered the team'.

(noun.) an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; 'they drive through town on their way to work'.

(noun.) United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844).

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• What a fine town but how the _buena gente_, the good people of that town, have suffered in this war. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I counted a' th' clocks in the town striking afore I'd leave my work. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• But when they came to the town into Frances Street, the girl stopped a minute, and said, 'Yo'll not forget yo're to come and see us. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• But pray, Colonel, how came you to conjure out that I should be in town today? 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• In those in which they take place, and are in farm, there are many local duties which do not extend beyond a particular town or district. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The forest of oak trees on the mountain beyond the town was gone. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• She had some guilty reason for going to the town secretly. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• We needn't make it known to ALL the town. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• At the foot of this slant is the walled town of Gibraltar--or rather the town occupies part of the slant. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• They rested on some straw in a loft until the middle of the night, and then rode forward again when all the town was asleep. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to-day upon some most important business. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• In Middlemarch a wife could not long remain ignorant that the town held a bad opinion of her husband. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Sherman paid no attention at all to the overture, but pushed forward and took the town without making any conditions whatever with its citizens. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• If they, too, proved unable to assist me, my resources for the present were at an end, and I might return to town. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Houston lived some distance from the town and generally went home late at night, having to pass through a dark cypress swamp over a corduroy road. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I believe I could make an independent fortune in a few years if I devoted myself exclusively to portraits, so great is the desire for good portraits in the different country towns. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Upon the main caravan routes the chief towns rose to a certain second-rate prosperity, and foremost among them were Medina and Mecca. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I don't think Fifth-of-Novembers ought to be kept up by night except in towns. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The principal productions of these towns,' says Mr. Pickwick, 'appear to be soldiers, sailors, Jews, chalk, shrimps, officers, and dockyard men. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• At the various towns there were corresponding crowds. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There you will find great towns, rich provinces, honour, glory, riches. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We had customers in all the little towns in south-west Wisconsin, south-east Minnesota and north-east Iowa. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I knew that if the same excitement was attained at the various small towns along the road, and especially at Port Huron, the sale of papers would be great. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The greater part of it was laid upon the country; and of what was laid upon the towns, the greater part was assessed upon the houses. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The Edison system of lighting was as beautifully conceived down to the very details, and as thoroughly worked out as if it had been tested for decades in various towns. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In small towns and country villages, on account of the narrowness of the market, trade cannot always be extended as stock extends. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• But I wonder what happens in the other towns. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• They had no use whatever for the towns. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The small garrisons were drawn from the various towns and fortresses, and went to swell the main army. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We passed through several towns, and in one, a very large one, the coach stopped; the horses were taken out, and the passengers alighted to dine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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