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metropolis n.大都市；重要中心；首府 (1) 纽约是北美的大都市。(2) 这毕竟是个令人振奋的大都市。(3) 民主者向伊庇丹努的首府科西拉求助。 The noun metropolis comes from the Greek roots mētēr, meaning "mother," and pólis, meaning "city." Historically, the word referred to the founding city-state of a region in Ancient Greece. Today the word refers to any urban area. The largest metropolis in Massachusetts is Boston, which is also the capital. Sometimes people use the word metropolis ironically or sarcastically: "She came from the booming metropolis of Tumbleweed, population 325."

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英 [mə'trɒpəlɪs] 美 [mə'trɑːpəlɪs] (1) New York is the metropolis of North America.(2) This was a great, pleasing metropolis after all.(3) The former appealed to Corcyra, which was the metropolis of Epidamnus. A large, densely populated urban area is called a metropolis. "She liked living in a metropolis because there were many opportunities in a city that were not available elsewhere, like 24-hour diners." 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]首都；大都会；大都市 A metropolis is the largest, busiest, and most important city in a country or region.   [usu sing]...the bustling metropolis of Chengdu.熙熙攘攘的大城市成都

英语单词	metropolis
英美音标	英 [mə'trɒpəlɪs] 美 [mə'trɑːpəlɪs]
中文释义	n.大都市；重要中心；首府
英语例句	(1) New York is the metropolis of North America. (2) This was a great, pleasing metropolis after all. (3) The former appealed to Corcyra, which was the metropolis of Epidamnus.
中文例句	(1) 纽约是北美的大都市。 (2) 这毕竟是个令人振奋的大都市。 (3) 民主者向伊庇丹努的首府科西拉求助。
vocabulary简明	A large, densely populated urban area is called a metropolis. "She liked living in a metropolis because there were many opportunities in a city that were not available elsewhere, like 24-hour diners."
vocabulary扩展	The noun metropolis comes from the Greek roots mētēr, meaning "mother," and pólis, meaning "city." Historically, the word referred to the founding city-state of a region in Ancient Greece. Today the word refers to any urban area. The largest metropolis in Massachusetts is Boston, which is also the capital. Sometimes people use the word metropolis ironically or sarcastically: "She came from the booming metropolis of Tumbleweed, population 325."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]首都；大都会；大都市 A metropolis is the largest, busiest, and most important city in a country or region. [usu sing] ...the bustling metropolis of Chengdu. 熙熙攘攘的大城市成都

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