/taʊn ||; taυn/noun1 [C] a place with many streets and buildings. A town is larger than a village but smaller than a city 城镇；市镇: Romsey is a small market town. 罗姆西是个小集镇。After ten years away, she decided to move back to her home town (= the town where she was born and spent her childhood). 离乡十年后，她决定搬回故乡。
2 the town [sing] all the people who live in a town 城镇居民: The whole town is talking about it. 全镇居民都在谈论这件事。
3 [U] the main part of a town, where the shops, etc are 城镇的中心或商业区: I've got to go into town this afternoon. 今天下午我得去市中心。
go to town (on sth)(
informal 非正式) to do sth with a lot of energy and enthusiasm; to spend a lot of money on sth 花大量时间或金钱（在某事物上）
(out) on the town(
informal 非正式) going to restaurants, theatres, clubs, etc, for entertainment, especially at night 在城里作乐（如上馆子、看戏、去夜总会等）