metropolis
英 [məˈtrɒp.əl.ɪs]
美 [məˈtrɑː.pəl.ɪs]
- n. 大都市；首府；重要中心
- n. (Metropolis)人名；(英)梅特罗波利斯
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中文词源
metropolis 大城市，大都会
来自希腊语meter,母亲，词源同mother,polis,城市，词源同police,policy.比喻用法。
英语词源
- metropolis
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metropolis: [16] A metropolis is etymologically a ‘mother city’. The word comes via late Latin mētropolis from Greek mētrópolis, a compound formed from métēr ‘mother’ (a distant relative of English mother) and pólis ‘city’ (source of English police, policy, politics, etc).
=> mother, police, policy, politics - metropolis (n.)
- "seat of a metropolitan bishop," 1530s, from Late Latin metropolis; see metropolitan. Meaning "chief town or capital city of a province" is first attested 1580s, earlier metropol (late 14c.).
权威例句
- 1. He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.
- 大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱.
- 2. Shanghai is a metropolis in China.
- 上海是中国的大都市。
- 3. This was a great , pleasing metropolis after all.
- 这毕竟是个令人振奋的大都市.
- 4. New York has the sweetest water in the world, for a metropolis.
- 就一个大都会来说,纽约可说有世界上最甜美的水了.
- 5. Tessenow decried the metropolis and extolled the peasant virtues.
- 特森诺夫痛诋大都市,颂扬农民的美德.
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