2022-01-17
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C- city & town & village
แนะนำการใช้ ตามที่ส่วนใหญ่ใช้ แต่ละท้องถิ่น
ความหมาย อาจผันแปร ตาม ตำแหน่ง/หน้าที่ ในประโยค
Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง city = “SIT-ee”
ออกเสียง town = “TOUN”
ออกเสียง village = “VIL-ij”
Dictionary.com:
MORE ABOUT CITY
What is a basic definition of city?
A city is a place where a large number of people live.
The word city is also used to refer to all of the people
who live in this kind of place or to something that is related
to such a place.
The word city has more specific meanings,
depending on the country.
The plural of city is cities.
Generally speaking,
a city is a place where a large number of people
are gathered together to live and/or work.
Cities are typically much larger than places referred to as towns
and are known for having homes and apartments
placed more closely together than in other places.
Different countries have specific definitions
of what actually qualifies as a city,
but the word is often used generally
to describe a place where many people live.
Real-life examples:
New York City, Tokyo, Paris, London, Moscow, Beijing, Madrid,
and Berlin are examples of major cities around the world.
Used in a sentence:
I grew up in the city of Philadelphia.
Playing off of this, the word city
is also used to collectively refer to all of the people who live in a city.
Real-life examples:
A mayor will often give speeches to the city,
meaning the people who live there.
A parade or festival will also be organized by a city,
meaning the city’s government or the citizens of a city.
Used in a sentence:
The city celebrated New Year’s Eve with a big parade.
The word city is also used to describe
something that is related to or has the quality of a city.
Real-life examples:
A city library is a library located in and run by a city.
A city bus is a bus owned and operated by a city.
A city person is someone who grew up in a city
or prefers the life of a city.
Used in a sentence:
My dad really hates city traffic.
Where does city come from?
The first records of city come from around 1175.
It ultimately comes from the Latin cīvitās,
meaning “citizenship” or “state,”
from the word cīvis meaning “citizen.”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
city & town & village
No specific guidelines exist for deciding that
one should call a populated area.
Size is relative, and importance is largely in the eye and mind.
One can fairly say that a town is smaller than a city
and larger than a village,
but no reliable regulations
suggest just what is needed to make a town a city or avillage a town.
A suburb may be a villagewithin a town,
itself one of a group of towns making up a thickly populated area
that in turn is called a city.
