metropolis
美音:
[mət´rɔpələs
]英音:
[mət´rɔpələs
]n.首都,主要都市,都会,大主教教区,大城市
难易程度:
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.