metropolis

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n. 大都市, 重要中心, 首府 [医] 产地, 生地

发音

UK /mɪˈtɹɒp.ə.lɪs/
US /məˈtɹɑp.ə.lɪs/
IN /mɛʈro.polɪs/

词形变化

metropoleis metropoles metropoli metropolia metropolises 复数 metropolises metropolis's metropolisses metropolizes metropoleis 复数 metropoles 复数 metropolizes 复数 metropoli 复数 metropolisses 复数 metropolis's 复数

教材释义与例句

名词

大都市；首府；重要中心

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.

  2. 2.

    A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.

    大都会

    大城市

    都市

    大都市

    Holonym: metropolitan area

  3. 3.

    The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.

  4. 4.

    A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.

    生物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

city

上位词 1

municipality

下位词 2

provincial capital state capital

部分词 8

downtown inner city central city city center city centre civic center concrete jungle medical center

相关短语

Metropolis light transport Metropolis of Lyon

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “mother city”), from μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city (state)”). By surface analysis, metro- + -polis. Doublet of metropole.

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