| 单词 | world city |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworld city world city n. a cosmopolitan city; a metropolis; a city of world importance. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city > cosmopolitan world city1848 cosmopolis1892 Weltstadt1892 1848 J. W. Corson Loiterings in Europe App. i. 323 This brings us to..London. Fearful as was the picture drawn of juvenile depravity in Edinburgh, it scarcely reaches in fullness the living one of this world-city. 1933 Amer. Mercury May 118/1 Mr. James Stevens' article..gives an exaggerated idea of the importance of John Pennell's brothel in the development of Seattle into a world city. 2004 Evening Standard 5 Mar. (West End Final ed.) (ES Mag.) 37/1 London may be a great world city, but living here does have a few inconveniences. < as lemmas |
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