a group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area 村庄,村 ■a self-contained district or community within a town or city, regarded as having features characteristic of village life (城市中带有村庄特点的)生活小区,居民区 the Olympic village. 奥林匹克村。 ■(US)a small municipality with limited corporate powers (美)(有一定自治权的)小自治市 ■(Austral./NZ)a select suburban shopping centre (澳/新西兰)高级城郊商业区
派生 villager noun villagey adjective 语源
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin villa 'country house'