释义 |
-polis repr. Gr. πόλις city, as in metropolis, necropolis; sometimes used (in the form -opolis) to form names or nicknames of cities or towns, e.g. Cottonopolis, Leatheropolis, Porkopolis.
1868W. M. Punshon in Macdonald Life (1887) 305 Cincinnati, the ‘Porkopolis’ of the Union. 1881Chicago Times 16 Apr., She [Chicago] has reached the position of the porkopolis of the world. 1901Westm. Gaz. 2 Oct. 8/1 The first time the great annual gathering of Churchmen has taken place in Leatheropolis [Northampton]. |