| 单词 | metropolis |
| 释义 | metropolis /mi trop"euh lis/, n. , pl. metropolises. 1. any large, busy city. 2. the chief, and sometimes capital, city of a country, state, or region. 3. a central or principal place, as of some activity: the music metropolis of France. 4. the mother city or parent state of a colony, esp. of an ancient Greek colony. 5. the chief see of an ecclesiastical province. [1350-1400; ME < LL metropolis < Gk metrópolis a mother state or city, equiv. to metro-, comb. form of méter MOTHER + pólis -POLIS, POLIS] |
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