villages

IPA/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/
KK[vˈɪlədʒəz]IPA/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/

villages — 名詞

  • villagessingular
  • villagesesplural

1. a rural settlement of homes, a shop, and often a school or place of worship, wit

1.名詞A2
釋義

村莊；村落

鄉下的小型聚落

a rural settlement of homes, a shop, and often a school or place of worship, with far fewer residents and buildings than a town

例句

Marco grew up in a small fishing village on the coast of Portugal.

Marco 在葡萄牙海岸的一個小漁村長大。

village + location phrase (on the coast)

The village shop sells fresh bread every morning.

村子裡的商店每天早上都賣新鮮的麵包。

noun modifier: village shop

常見搭配
  • small village
  • fishing / mining / mountain village
  • village shop / school / church / hall
  • the whole village
同義詞
  • hamlet

    even smaller than a village, often with no shop or school

  • settlement

    a more general term for any place where people live, can be smaller or larger

反義詞
  • city

    a very large and important town

  • town

    larger than a village, with more services and buildings

文法句型

a/the village

in a/the village

village + noun (village shop, village school)

用法筆記

Village can be used before another noun to describe things that belong to or are typical of a village, e.g. village life, village hall, village festival.

常見錯誤

I live in a small village town.
I live in a small village.
Village already means a small town-like settlement; adding 'town' is redundant.

2. every person living in a village, thought of as one body or community

2.名詞B1
釋義

村民

住在村子裡的所有居民

every person living in a village, thought of as one body or community

例句

The whole village came out to celebrate the harvest festival.

全村的人都出來慶祝豐收節。

collective: the whole village

When the bridge was washed away, the village worked together to build a new one.

橋被沖走時，村民們合力蓋了一座新橋。

常見搭配
  • the whole / entire village
  • the village + verb (gathered, decided, welcomed)
同義詞
  • community

    a broader word for any group of people living together or sharing something

  • villagers

    the individual people who live in a village, used in plural form

文法句型

the whole village

the entire village

用法筆記

In this sense, village is treated as a singular collective noun and can be the subject of verbs like decide, agree, help. Use the whole village or the entire village to emphasise that everyone participated.

常見錯誤

The village were happy about the news.
The village was happy about the news.
In standard English, collective nouns like village take a singular verb.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • village life
  • village community
  • village shop
  • village school
  • village church
  • village hall

常用片語

  • the whole village
  • a small village
  • a fishing / farming / mountain village

介系詞搭配

  • in a village
  • through a village
  • outside the village