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town centre

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Geography
ˌtown ˈcentre British English noun [countable]  SGTOWNthe main business area in the centre of a town 市中心,〔城镇的〕商业区 SYN American English downtown
Examples from the Corpus
town centreAll species showing from Northwich town centre, but no quality fish.Close to the sea, town centre, conference venues, tourist attractions and Marina.It's across the main square in the town centre.It will be held in the Healthy Colchester 2000 information office in Trinity Street in the town centre.Grey rows of grim houses, three storeys high, led into the town centre.Claims that people would be put off travelling to the town centre because of lack of parking were dismissed.The town centre hotels which were suggested were fiendishly expensive and at first I was told nothing else was available.Henry did not want to talk about the redevelopment of Wimbledon town centre.
ˌtown ˈcentre nounChineseSyllable
Corpus centre the area main of business in the


town centre
ˌtown ˈcentre noun [countable]
British English the main business area in the centre of a town
   SYN  downtown American English


town centreBrE /ˌtaʊn ˈsentə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtaʊn ˈsentər/ 🔊 noun (BrE) the main part of a town, where the shops/stores are 市中心;(城镇的)商业中心   compare downtown