| 正面 | 12450.metropolis 英 [mɪ'trɒp(ə)lɪs]美 [mə'trɑpəlɪs]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. 该词是 ante- "before" + ocular "of the eyes" 复合缩略词(*antlar => antler)，表示：before the eyes.2. 最初应该是短语：antler horn, 即：horn in front of the eyes. 也就是长在眼睛前面的角，后来简略成 antler.n. 大都市；首府；重要中心n. (Metropolis)人名；(英)梅特罗波利斯 例句： 1. He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱. metropolis 大城市，大都会来自希腊语meter,母亲，词源同mother,polis,城市，词源同police,policy.比喻用法。 metropolismetropolis: [16] A metropolis is etymologically a ‘mother city’. The word comes via late Latin mētropolis from Greek mētrópolis, a compound formed from métēr ‘mother’ (a distant relative of English mother) and pólis ‘city’ (source of English police, policy, politics, etc).=> mother, police, policy, politicsmetropolis (n.)"seat of a metropolitan bishop," 1530s, from Late Latin metropolis; see metropolitan. Meaning "chief town or capital city of a province" is first attested 1580s, earlier metropol (late 14c.)." |