Detroit

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专有名词
  1. The largest city and former capital of Michigan, United States, a major port on the Detroit River, known as the traditional automotive center of the U.S. It is the county seat of Wayne County.
    — I’ll tell you what Detroit is. We’re a prideful people that love our city more than anything – even if we do, in many cases, make the difficult decision to leave the city for somewhere outside the boundaries.
  2. The United States' automotive industry. metonymically
    — 'Cause in the real world they're shutting Detroit down / While the boss man takes his bonus pay and jets on out of town.

词源

From French détroit (“strait”) in Rivière du Détroit (Detroit River). Doublet of district, via Latin.
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