the Five Towns
noun /ðə ˌfaɪv ˈtaʊnz/
/ðə ˌfaɪv ˈtaʊnz/
[plural]- five former towns in the Potteries region of the English Midlands. The towns were Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent and Longton. They were close to each other and were important centres of the pottery industry from the seventeenth century until, in 1910, they joined together as one town, Stoke-on-Trent. The Five Towns became well known as the setting for the novels of Arnold Bennett.
五镇：英格兰中部地区陶器地区的五个前镇。城镇是通斯托尔，波斯勒姆，汉利，特伦特河畔斯托克和朗顿。它们彼此靠近，从17世纪直到1910年，它们一直是陶器工业的重要中心，它们以特伦特河畔斯托克镇的形式联合在一起。五镇被称为阿诺德·贝内特小说的背景。