(1)村子(落)(small community or group of houses in a rural area)[C]：the～school/church/fete/schoolmaster 鄉(xiāng)村里的學(xué)校/教堂/節(jié)日/校長;The～consisted of a general store， a gas station， and seven houses. 這個村莊由一個百貨商店、一座加油站和七座房子組成。He gave a picturesque description of the little～. 他生動形象地描述了那個小村莊?！挤础絚ity;
(2)村民(inhabitants of such a community， taken as a whole)[C， Gp]：The whole～turned out/is going to see the celebrations. 全體村民都出來/打算觀看慶?；顒印?/p>
→′villager n 村民;
【注意】village的第(2)義為集合名詞，作主語時謂語動詞數(shù)的使用參見AUDIENCE。