0 a group of houses and other buildings that is smaller than a town, usually in the countryside -- 村莊；村子
a fishing village 漁村
a mountain village 山村
a village shop 鄉村商店
a village green (= an area of grass in the middle of a village) 鄉村綠地
Many people come from the outlying/surrounding villages to work in the town. 很多人從周圍的鄉村來到這座城裡工作。
The village is/are campaigning for a by-pass to be built. 全體村民正在積極呼籲，要求修建一條旁道。
The village has remained basically unchanged for over 300 years.
Because I live in a remote village, I regard my car as an essential.
In addition, the integration of different ethnic groups in the villages was expected to lead to better relations.
The fragmentation of villages and the formation of new villages by inhabitants of existing ones can be seen as another dimension of the same phenomenon.
The necessary condition was that the characteristics of the selected villages were as close as possible to the average villages in the area.
