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metropolis

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n.首都,主要都市,都会,大主教教区,大城市

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metropolis为短语/超纲词汇

词根

polis=city(城市)

metropolis


/mə'trɒpəlɪs; mə`trɑplɪs/
n (pl -lises) chief city of a region or country; capital 大城市; 首都; 首府
*a great metropolis like Tokyo 像东京一样的大城市
* working in the metropolis, ie, for British people, in London 在大城市工作(对英国人来说, 在伦敦).

metropolis


n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin;Origin:Greek, from meter 'mother' + polis 'city']
a very large city that is the most important city in a country or area
 The city has become a huge, bustling metropolis.