| 单词 | capital city |
| 释义 | > as lemmascapital city capital city n. [compare Middle French cité capitalle (a1444; French cité capitale)] = sense B. 2a; cf. capital town n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city headeOE mother-boroughc1225 master-borougha1325 sedea1387 chief1393 master-townc1400 metropolitan?a1439 capital city1439 master citya1450 stade1481 metropolea1500 capital1525 seatc1540 head-place1546 chamber1555 mother city1570 metropolis1584 metropolite1591 madam-town1593 capital town1601 seat-town1601 metropolie1633 megapolis1638 county seat1803 Queen City1807 metrop1888 Metroland1951 1439Capital cite [see sense A. 6b]. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 924 Battering Engines bent to rase Som Capital City . View more context for this quotation 1856 Life Illustr. 31 May 33/4 Washington D.C., is the ‘Capital City’. 1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. I. 298 The representation of this capital city [sc. Edinburgh]..was returned by thirty-three electors. 2000 Building Design 11 Feb. 13/1 Developers, property owners..and local authorities have visions of regenerating our capital city and of beautifying our built environment. < as lemmas |
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