village

• n. 村莊；村民；（動物的）群落

來自villa,村莊。

village (n.)

late 14c., "inhabited place larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town," from Old French vilage "houses and other buildings in a group" (usually smaller than a town), from Latin villaticum "farmstead" (with outbuildings), noun use of neuter singular of villaticus "having to do with a farmstead or villa," from villa "country house" (see villa). As an adjective from 1580s. Village idiot is recorded from 1825. Related: Villager (1560s).

1. The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.

這個村子裏隻住了50戶人。

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2. We ran across some old friends in the village.

我們在村裏偶然碰見了一些老朋友。

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3. I remember the village full of American servicemen riding around in jeeps.

我記得當時村子裏滿是開著吉普到處轉悠的美國兵。

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4. I live in a sedate little village in the Midlands.

我住在英格蘭中部一個寧靜的小村莊裏。

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5. At one time 400 men, women and children lived in the village.

曾經有400個男人、女人和孩子居住在村子裏。

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