village

noun
🔊/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
🔊/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
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  1. [countable] a very small town located in a country area村庄;村镇
    • We visited towns and villages all over Spain.我们走遍了西班牙的城镇和村庄。🔊🔊
    • a meeting in the village hall在村厅开会
    • a remote/nearby/neighbouring village偏远/附近/邻近的村庄
    • Residents of the village are unhappy with the bus service.村里的居民对公共汽车服务不满意。
    • a fishing village渔村
    • a small/tiny village一个小村庄
    • rural villages乡村
    • a mountain/seaside village山/海边村庄
    • in a/the village I soon got to know everybody in the village.我很快认识了村里的每个人。
    • the village of Boscastle in Cornwall康沃尔郡的博斯卡斯尔村
    • (especially British English) the village shop乡村商店
    • Her books are about village life.她的书是关于乡村生活的。🔊🔊
    see also global village, model village
    Extra Examples
    • Our cottage is just outside the village.我们的小屋就在村子的外边。
    • She married a man from her home village.她嫁了个同村的老乡。
    • The flood affected the town and surrounding villages.洪水祸及小镇及周围的村庄。
    • They live in a farming village.他们住在一个农庄里。
    • Appledore is a fishing village on the north coast of Devon.阿普尔多尔是德文北岸的一个渔村。
    • Most basic items are available from the village shop.大多数基本用品都可以从乡村商店买到。
    Topics Geographya1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • large
    • little
    village + noun
    • community
    • life
    • church
    preposition
    • in a/​the village
    • outside a/​the village
    phrases
    • the centre/​center of the village
    • the middle of the village
    • the edge of the village
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  2. the village
    [singular] (especially British English) the people who live in a village乡村居民;村民
    • The whole village was invited to the party.全村的人都获邀参加聚会。🔊🔊
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin villa ‘country house’.