英语词汇“metropolitanized”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

metropolitanized

释义

metropolis /mə-tropˈə-lis/

noun (pl metropˈolises)

The capital of a country, county, etc
The chief cathedral city of a country, such as Canterbury of England, or chief see of a province
The mother city of an ancient Greek colony
The mother country or state of a colony
A chief centre, seat or focus
The main habitat of a particular species (biology)

ORIGIN: Gr mētropolis, from mētēr mother, and polis city

metropolitan /met-rə-polˈi-tən/ adjective

Of a metropolis
Of or comprising a city and its suburbs
Of the mother church

noun

The bishop of a metropolis, presiding over the other bishops of a province, in the Eastern Orthodox churches, a person ranking between an archbishop and a patriarch, in the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England, an archbishop
An inhabitant of a metropolis

metropolˈitanate noun

metropolˈitanism noun

metropolˈitanize or metropolˈitanise transitive verb

To make into or like a metropolis

metropolitˈical adjective

metropolitan area network noun

A computer network operating over a city or community (abbrev MAN)

metropolitan county or metropolitan district noun

A county or district in a heavily-populated industrial area of England, the district running more, and the county fewer, public services than other districts or counties

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