n. 村庄;村民;(动物的)群落
英 ['vɪlɪdʒ] 美 ['vɪlɪdʒ]
权威例句
- The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.
这个村子里只住了50户人。
来自柯林斯例句 - We ran across some old friends in the village.
我们在村里偶然碰见了一些老朋友。
来自柯林斯例句 - I remember the village full of American servicemen riding around in jeeps.
我记得当时村子里满是开着吉普到处转悠的美国兵。
来自柯林斯例句 - I live in a sedate little village in the Midlands.
我住在英格兰中部一个宁静的小村庄里。
来自柯林斯例句 - At one time 400 men, women and children lived in the village.
曾经有400个男人、女人和孩子居住在村子里。
来自柯林斯例句
中文词源
village 村庄
来自villa,村庄。
英文词源
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).