metropolis

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /mɪˈtɹɒp.ə.lɪs/    美 /məˈtɹɑp.ə.lɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
    — Colonies certainly did not become "clones" of their metropolises, but it is equally false that their colonial heritages were not influenced by the organization of the metropolises.
  2. A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
    — Holonym: metropolitan area
  3. The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.
  4. A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals.

词形变化

metropolises plural metropoleis plural metropoles plural metropolizes plural metropoli plural metropolisses obsolete,plural metropolis's obsolete,plural

词汇关系

衍生词
aerotropolis metro metropole Metropolis Metropolis of Lyon metropolitan metropolize minimetropolis
相关词
megalopolis regiopolis

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin mētropolis, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “mother city”), from μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city (state)”). By surface analysis, metro- + -polis. Doublet of metropole.
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