| 释义 |
townlet|ˈtaʊnlɪt|
[f. as prec. + -let.]
A tiny or diminutive town.
a1552Leland Itin. V. 94 Oglesfeld and Bradfeld, ij townelettes or villages, long to one paroche chirche. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. ii. 32 The coasts are well bespred with prety townlets. 1658Phillips, Paston, a Townlet in Northfolk, giving sirname and residence to an honourable family of this County. 1807Southey Espriella's Lett. II. 244 One of those townlets in which every thing reminds us of the distance from a metropolis. 1890Times 14 Oct. 4/1 [In Russia] Many townlets are changed by virtue of a local order into villages, and Jews resident in them are expelled. |