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town hall

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌtown ˈhall ●●○ noun [countable]  TBBa public building used for a town’s local government 镇公所,镇政府办公楼,市政厅
Examples from the Corpus
town hallIt was designed not to resemble a church of any sort but, if anything, a town hall.They plan to use bilingual material, phone drives and town hall meetings.He should have parked in the lot be-hind town hall.He placed his voting paper in a special ballot box in Middlesbrough town hall.She had damn all in the way of information, let alone the illusion of town hall propaganda.As each separate town in Prague had its own town hall and guild system, such guild buildings proliferate.Although telephone lines to the city remain severed, a Sarajevo radio reporter said corpses littered the pavement next to the town hall.The town hall is set to reopen next year and will include a tourist information centre, library and concert room.
ˌtown ˈhall nounChineseSyllable
town’s Corpus a for public local used building a government


town hall
ˌtown ˈhall noun [countable]
a public building used for a town’s local government


town hallBrE /ˌtaʊn ˈhɔːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtaʊn ˈhɔːl/ 🔊 nouna building containing local government offices and, in Britain, usually a hall for public meetings, concerts, etc. 镇公所;市政厅;(英国)市镇集会所