| 单词 | megalopolis |
| 释义 | megalopolis (once / 41327 pages) n Enormous and dense with people, a megalopolis is a huge city, series of nearby cities, or part of an even bigger city. Mumbai is a megalopolis, but Walla Walla, Washington is not. Historians and geographers generally use the word megalopolis when they're talking about a chain of cities whose total population exceeds ten million, like the ones dotting the East Coast of the United States. The region made up of the cities between Boston and Washington, D.C. is one well-known megalopolis. The Greek suffix polis means city — think metropolis — and the prefix megas means "great." WORD FAMILYmegalopolis: megalopolises USAGE EXAMPLESUnlike other megalopolises across the world, and in sharp contrast to the trend of global urbanisation, more people are actually leaving Jakarta than arriving. The Guardian(Nov 21, 2016) If you live in a Chinese megalopolis of 30 million souls which was not there not long ago, Venice will seem an ideal polar opposite. BBC(Nov 19, 2016) The mostly liberal Northeast has the highest percentage of college graduates, and the populous Northeast megalopolis, for example, draws college graduates searching for jobs. New York Times(Nov 01, 2016) n a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns) Hyper populated area, urban area a geographical area constituting a city or town |
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