metropolis 音标拼音: [mətr'ɑpələs]
n . 大都市,重要中心,首府
大都市,重要中心,首府
metropolis n 1 :
a large and densely populated urban area ;
may include several independent administrative districts ; "
Ancient Troy was a great city " [
synonym : {
city }, {
metropolis }, {
urban center }]
2 :
people living in a large densely populated municipality ; "
the city voted for Republicans in 1994 " [
synonym : {
city },
{
metropolis }]
Metropolis \
Me *
trop "
o *
lis \,
n . [
L .
metropolis ,
Gr . ?,
prop .,
the mother city (
in relation to colonies ); ?
mother ?
city .
See {
Mother },
and {
Police }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
The mother city ;
the chief city of a kingdom ,
state ,
or country .
[
1913 Webster ]
[
Edinburgh ]
gray metropolis of the North .
--
Tennyson .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Eccl .)
The seat ,
or see ,
of the metropolitan ,
or highest church dignitary .
[
1913 Webster ]
The great metropolis and see of Rome . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Any large city .
[
PJC ]
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "
metropolis ":
Kreis ,
Stadt ,
archbishopric ,
archdiocese ,
arrondissement ,
art center ,
bailiwick ,
banlieue ,
bishopric ,
boom town ,
borough ,
bourg ,
burg ,
burgh ,
canton ,
capital ,
capital city ,
city ,
commune ,
congressional district ,
constablewick ,
conurbation ,
county ,
departement ,
diocese ,
district ,
duchy ,
electoral district ,
electorate ,
exurb ,
exurbia ,
faubourg ,
garment center ,
ghost town ,
government ,
greater city ,
hamlet ,
hundred ,
magistracy ,
manufacturing center ,
market town ,
medical center ,
megalopolis ,
metropolitan area ,
municipality ,
oblast ,
okrug ,
outskirts ,
parish ,
polis ,
precinct ,
principality ,
province ,
railroad center ,
region ,
riding ,
sheriffalty ,
sheriffwick ,
shipping center ,
shire ,
shopping center ,
shrievalty ,
soke ,
spread city ,
stake ,
state ,
suburb ,
suburbia ,
territory ,
tourist center ,
town ,
township ,
trade center ,
urban center ,
urban complex ,
urban sprawl ,
urbs ,
village ,
ville ,
wapentake ,
ward
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