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1 townspeople
noun plural (the people living in a town.) meščani* * *[táunzpi:pl]nounmeščani, mestni prebivalci -
2 receive
[rə'si:v]1) (to get or be given: He received a letter; They received a good education.) prejeti2) (to have a formal meeting with: The Pope received the Queen in the Vatican.) sprejeti3) (to allow to join something: He was received into the group.) sprejeti4) (to greet, react to, in some way: The news was received in silence; The townspeople received the heroes with great cheers.) sprejeti5) (to accept (stolen goods) especially with the intention of reselling (them).) skriti•- receiver* * *[risí:v]1.transitive verbprejeti, sprejeti, dobiti kaj ( from od koga), dobiti svoj delež; ecclesiastic prejeti (zakrament, obhajilo); sprejeti kot resnično, dopustiti, priznati; vzeti, čuvati, skriti, prikrivati (ukradene stvari); sprejeti vase, ujeti, dobiti (vtis itd.), doživeti, izkusiti; upreti se, ustaviti se čemu; prenesti, pretrpeti (udarec); smatrati, imeti za, priznati za primerno, za táko, kot treba; dočakati, sprejeti koga; nastaniti koga, vzeti pod streho; dopustiti pristop, (to k, into v)to receive a blow (an offer, an order, a compliment) — dobiti udarec (ponudbo, ukaz, kompliment)to receive s.o.'s confession — izpovedati kogato receive s.o. among one's friends — sprejeti koga med svoje prijateljeto receive a present — sprejeti, dobiti dariloproposal received attention — predlog je bil uvaževan, vzet v obzir;2.intransitive verbsprejemati (goste, obiske), prirediti sprejem; radio sprejemati, loviti (valove); biti prejemnik; ecclesiastic prejeti obhajilo, pristopiti k obhajilushe receives once a week — ona sprejema (obiske, goste) enkrat na teden -
3 town
1) (a group of houses, shops, schools etc, that is bigger than a village but smaller than a city: I'm going into town to buy a dress; He's in town doing some shopping.) mesto2) (the people who live in such a group of houses etc: The whole town turned out to greet the heroes.) mesto3) (towns in general as opposed to the countryside: Do you live in the country or the town?) mesto•- town hall
- townsfolk
- townspeople
- go to town* * *[táun]nounmestothe town — mesto, mestno življenje; mestna občina (uprava); mestno prebivalstvo; mestni volivcito town — v mesto, British English zlasli v Londonout of town — zunaj mesta, ne v mestu, na deželi, na potovanjutown crier — mestni izklicevalec, oklicevalectown house — hiša v mestu (v nasprotju s hišo na deželi); British English rotovž; American euphemistically mestna ubožnicatown major British English military poveljnik mestagirl of town, woman of town — prostitutkaman about town — svetski človek, lahkoživec; eleganten brezdelnežto go up to town — iti v mesto, (zlasti British English) v Londonto go to towns! — imeti uspeh, uspešno (kaj) opravitito paint the townred — vznemiriti mesto z velikim hrupom, z razgrajanjemto take to town — slang zmesti, zmešati, zbegati
См. также в других словарях:
Townspeople — Towns peo ple, n. The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
townspeople — (also townsfolk) ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ the people living in a particular town or city … English terms dictionary
townspeople — [tounz′pē΄pəl] pl.n. 1. the people of a town 2. people brought up in a town or city, as distinguished from those brought up in the country … English World dictionary
townspeople — [[t]ta͟ʊnzpiːp(ə)l[/t]] N PLURAL The townspeople of a town or city are the people who live there. Food shortages forced many townspeople into the country to grow their own food … English dictionary
townspeople — towns|peo|ple [ˈtaunzpi:pəl] n also towns|folk [ fəuk US fouk] [plural] all the people who live in a particular town ▪ the proud townspeople of Semer Water … Dictionary of contemporary English
townspeople — also towns.folk noun (plural) 1 all the people who live in a particular town: the proud townspeople of Semer Water 2 people who live in towns and not in the country … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
townspeople — noun plural Date: 1648 1. the inhabitants of a town or city ; townsmen 2. town dwelling or town bred persons … New Collegiate Dictionary
townspeople — /townz pee peuhl/, n. pl. 1. the inhabitants or citizenry of a town. 2. people who were raised in a town or city. Also called townsfolk. [1640 50; TOWN + S1 + PEOPLE] * * * … Universalium
townspeople — noun The population or inhabitants of a village, town or city Syn: denizens, townfolk, villagers Ant: countryfolk, bumpkins, hics … Wiktionary
townspeople — Synonyms and related words: big city man, bourgeois, burgess, burgher, city dweller, city man, city slicker, exurbanite, oppidan, suburbanite, townee, towner, townfolk, townfolks, townsman, townswoman, urbanite, villager, villageress … Moby Thesaurus
townspeople — towns|peo|ple [ taunz,pipl ] noun plural the people who live in a town or city … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English