townsman
townsman — 名詞
1. a person who lives in a town, or who was born there and grew up in it.
鎮民；市民
住在城鎮或在城鎮出生的人
a person who lives in a town, or who was born there and grew up in it.
Karim, a lifelong townsman, knows every shop on the main street.
Karim 是土生土長的鎮民，熟悉大街上的每一家店。
appositive: a lifelong townsman
Several townsmen signed the petition asking the council to repair the old bridge.
好幾位鎮民連署請願，要求議會修繕那座老橋。
plural: several townsmen + signed a petition
The mayor thanked each townsman who helped clean the park after the storm.
暴風雨過後，市長感謝每一位幫忙清理公園的市民。
Born in the harbor district, Marco is a true townsman who never left.
Marco 出生在港口區，是道地的鎮民，從未離開過。
- lifelong townsman
- townsmen gathered
2. a person whose polished manners and habits seem typical of city life.
都會人
舉止洗練、帶城市氣質的人
a person whose polished manners and habits seem typical of city life.
With his neat coat and quiet wit, Vivek struck the farmers as a real townsman.
Vivek 穿著整潔的外套，談吐風趣內斂，在農夫眼中是十足的都會人。
strike someone as + a townsman: giving an impression
The farm boys teased Asher for his clean shoes and called him a townsman.
農場的男孩們取笑 Asher 的鞋子太乾淨，說他是個都會人。
call + object + a townsman
Élise's grandfather wore a bow tie and quoted poetry, a polished townsman through and through.
Élise 的祖父打著領結、引述詩句，從頭到腳都是個洗練的都會人。
Christopher's smooth manners and fine suits marked him as a townsman at the farm fair.
Christopher 圓融的舉止和高級西裝，讓他在農場市集上一看就是都會人。
- polished townsman
- urbanite
stresses living in a city rather than refined manners
- sophisticate
stresses worldly experience, not where a person lives
- countryman
someone from the countryside rather than a town
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense describes a person's manners and style, not just where he lives.
3. another person who shares your own home town, so that you both belong to one loc
同鄉；同鎮人
與你來自同一個鎮上的人
another person who shares your own home town, so that you both belong to one local community.
At a conference in Rome, Kemi met a fellow townsman she had never seen.
在羅馬的研討會上，Kemi 遇到了一位素未謀面的同鎮人。
collocation: fellow townsman
Eshe lent her bicycle to a fellow townsman whose car had broken down.
Eshe 把腳踏車借給車子拋錨的同鄉。
Ignacio smiled when the waiter turned out to be a fellow townsman.
Ignacio 發現服務生竟是同鄉，不禁笑了起來。
Eve felt less lonely in Berlin after finding a fellow townsman at the market.
Eve 在柏林的市場遇到同鎮人後，就不那麼孤單了。
- fellow townsman
- neighbor
lives nearby, but not necessarily in the same town
- fellow citizen
wider; can mean the same country, not only the same town
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is defined relative to another person's own town, while sense 1 names any resident.
常見搭配
常用片語
- fellow townsman