英语词汇town的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	town
词源	town [OE] This originally meant ‘an enclosed piece of ground’ then ‘a farm or estate’, and ‘a collection of houses’. Town gradually grew until by around 1150 it referred to a place of the size we might recognize today as a town. Scandalous gossip has been the talk of the town since the 1620s. See also paint.
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