commune

noun

/ˈkɒmjuːn/

/ˈkɑːmjuːn/

[countable + singular or plural verb]

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a group of people who live together and share responsibilities, possessions, etc.（共同生活、分担责任、共享财产等的）群体，公社
- a 1970s hippy commune20 世纪 70 年代的嬉皮士群体
- She lives in a commune.她生活在一个群居村里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- hippy
verb + commune
- join
- belong to
- form
- …
preposition
- in a/the commune
- on a/the commune
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the smallest division of local government in France and some other countries（法国及其他一些国家的）最小的行政区

Word Originnoun late 17th cent. (in sense (2)): from French, from medieval Latin communia, neuter plural of Latin communis ‘common’.

verb

/kəˈmjuːn/

Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French comuner ‘to share’, from comun, from Latin communis ‘common’.

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they commune	/kəˈmjuːn/ /kəˈmjuːn/
he / she / it communes	/kəˈmjuːnz/ /kəˈmjuːnz/
past simple communed	/kəˈmjuːnd/ /kəˈmjuːnd/
past participle communed	/kəˈmjuːnd/ /kəˈmjuːnd/
-ing form communing	/kəˈmjuːnɪŋ/ /kəˈmjuːnɪŋ/